The Resource Facing the abyss : American literature and culture in the 1940s, George Hutchinson
Facing the abyss : American literature and culture in the 1940s, George Hutchinson
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- Summary
- "Mythologized as the era of the "good war" and the "Greatest Generation," the 1940s are frequently understood as a more heroic, uncomplicated time in American history. Yet just below the surface, a sense of dread, alienation, and the haunting specter of radical evil permeated American art and literature. Writers returned home from World War II and gave form to their disorienting experiences of violence and cruelty. They probed the darkness that the war opened up and confronted bigotry, existential guilt, ecological concerns, and fear about the nature and survival of the human race. In Facing the Abyss, George Hutchinson offers readings of individual works and the larger intellectual and cultural scene to reveal the 1940s as a period of profound and influential accomplishment. Facing the Abyss examines the relation of aesthetics to politics, the idea of universalism, and the connections among authors across racial, ethnic, and gender divisions. Modernist and avant-garde styles were absorbed into popular culture as writers and artists turned away from social realism to emphasize the process of artistic creation. Hutchinson explores a range of important writers, from Saul Bellow and Mary McCarthy to Richard Wright and James Baldwin. African American and Jewish novelists critiqued racism and anti-Semitism, women writers pushed back on the misogyny unleashed during the war, and authors such as Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams reflected a new openness in the depiction of homosexuality. The decade also witnessed an awakening of American environmental and ecological consciousness. Hutchinson argues that a common belief in art's ability to communicate the universal in particulars united the most important works of literature and art during the 1940s" --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 439 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- When literature mattered
- Popular culture and the avant-garde
- Labor, politics, and the arts
- The war
- America! America! : a Jewish renaissance?
- A rising wind : "literature of the Negro" and civil rights
- Queer horizons
- Women and power
- Ecology and culture
- Epilogue : one world
- Isbn
- 9780231163385
- Label
- Facing the abyss : American literature and culture in the 1940s
- Title
- Facing the abyss
- Title remainder
- American literature and culture in the 1940s
- Statement of responsibility
- George Hutchinson
- Title variation
- American literature and culture in the 1940s
- Subject
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- trueAlienation (Social psychology)
- American literature
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Civilization
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- trueDisillusionment
- trueEthnic identity
- History
- trueIntellectual life
- trueLiterary criticism
- Literature -- History and criticism
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- truePostwar life
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Civilization -- 20th century
- trueWorld War II
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Mythologized as the era of the "good war" and the "Greatest Generation," the 1940s are frequently understood as a more heroic, uncomplicated time in American history. Yet just below the surface, a sense of dread, alienation, and the haunting specter of radical evil permeated American art and literature. Writers returned home from World War II and gave form to their disorienting experiences of violence and cruelty. They probed the darkness that the war opened up and confronted bigotry, existential guilt, ecological concerns, and fear about the nature and survival of the human race. In Facing the Abyss, George Hutchinson offers readings of individual works and the larger intellectual and cultural scene to reveal the 1940s as a period of profound and influential accomplishment. Facing the Abyss examines the relation of aesthetics to politics, the idea of universalism, and the connections among authors across racial, ethnic, and gender divisions. Modernist and avant-garde styles were absorbed into popular culture as writers and artists turned away from social realism to emphasize the process of artistic creation. Hutchinson explores a range of important writers, from Saul Bellow and Mary McCarthy to Richard Wright and James Baldwin. African American and Jewish novelists critiqued racism and anti-Semitism, women writers pushed back on the misogyny unleashed during the war, and authors such as Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams reflected a new openness in the depiction of homosexuality. The decade also witnessed an awakening of American environmental and ecological consciousness. Hutchinson argues that a common belief in art's ability to communicate the universal in particulars united the most important works of literature and art during the 1940s" --
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- 10619736
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hutchinson, George
- Dewey number
- 810.9/0052
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- American literature
- Literature and society
- Popular culture
- United States
- American literature
- Civilization
- Literature and society
- Popular culture
- United States
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- American literature and culture in the 1940s
- Label
- Facing the abyss : American literature and culture in the 1940s, George Hutchinson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-420) and index
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- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- Contents
- Introduction -- When literature mattered -- Popular culture and the avant-garde -- Labor, politics, and the arts -- The war -- America! America! : a Jewish renaissance? -- A rising wind : "literature of the Negro" and civil rights -- Queer horizons -- Women and power -- Ecology and culture -- Epilogue : one world
- Control code
- ocn987660079
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 439 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231163385
- Lccn
- 2017025027
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)987660079
- Label
- Facing the abyss : American literature and culture in the 1940s, George Hutchinson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-420) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- When literature mattered -- Popular culture and the avant-garde -- Labor, politics, and the arts -- The war -- America! America! : a Jewish renaissance? -- A rising wind : "literature of the Negro" and civil rights -- Queer horizons -- Women and power -- Ecology and culture -- Epilogue : one world
- Control code
- ocn987660079
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 439 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231163385
- Lccn
- 2017025027
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)987660079
Subject
- trueAlienation (Social psychology)
- American literature
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Civilization
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- trueDisillusionment
- trueEthnic identity
- History
- trueIntellectual life
- trueLiterary criticism
- Literature -- History and criticism
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- truePostwar life
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Civilization -- 20th century
- trueWorld War II
- 1900-1999
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