A History of American Literature: 1950 to the Present

The History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st centuryCovers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novelsFeatures discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topicsContent: Chapter 1 Locating Contemporary Literature (pages 1–45): Chapter 2 The Sixties and the Necessities of Change (pages 47–78): Chapter 3 Conventions and Eruptions (pages 79–138): Chapter 4 New Ages and Old (pages 139–173): Chapter 5 The 1980s, Ethnicity and Change (pages 175–224): Chapter 6 The 1990s and the Sexual (pages 225–276): Chapter 7 The Twenty?First Century (pages 277–351):