Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The literature written by Americans during the twentieth century encompasses a wide variety of voices; voices that attempt to capture the breadth and diversity of American experience in a century of dizzying change. This book examines the dramatic social changes and political events - such as the Great Depression, American involvement in the Second World War and the civil rights movement - that helped to shape American writing throughout the century.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Contexts in Literature .

There are 130 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: Introduction; 1. Reading 20th century American literature; 2. Approaching the texts; 3. Texts and extracts; 4. How to write about 20th century American literature; 5. Resources.