Twentieth-Century America: The Intellectual and Cultural Context / Edition 1

by Douglas Tallack

Overview

The multi-volume Longman literature in English series aims to provide students of literature with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. This book looks at cinema, painting and architecture in 20th-century America, as well as the culture of politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582494558
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/21/1991
Series:	Longman Literature In English Series
Pages:	466
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Douglas Tallack is Professor of American Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The politics of culture Cinema; Painting; Architecture. Part 2: The culture of politics From Victorianism to modernism; From the old left to the new left; America at mid-century; Black culture and politics; Feminism Conclusion: postmodernity