American Prose and Poetry in the 20th Century (Cambridge Contexts in Literature)

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Reprint: 6th.* Date of Publication: 2006(2000)* Publisher: Cambridge University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. Some shelf wear to edges, corners & covers. No creases to spine or hinge. Top front corner heavily creased. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Name inscription to inside front cover. Some annotations to one page in text. GD+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 119 pp. text. ix pp. Notes glossary and index at rear.* Product Description:- 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 is a NEAR GD+ copy with minor shelf wear, owners name & some annotations reducing it to GD*