Description
Book SynopsisAnd discovering a usable American past, as Wyatt shows, enables us to confront the urgencies of our present moment.
Trade ReviewA useful introduction to a broad canon of 20th-century authors, this book touches on important issues in literary-historical scholarship and uses clear, conversational language deliberately devoid of jargon; a distinctive feature of the discussion is Wyatt's pointed use of a first-person personal voice that blends his autobiographical insights with his critical readings... Highly recommended. Choice 2011
Table of ContentsTo the Reader
Acknowledments
1. The Body and the Corporation
2. Double Consciousness
3. Pioneering Women
4. Performing Maleness
5. Colored Me
6. The Rumor of Race
7. The Depression
8. The Second World War
9. Civil Rights
10. Love and Separateness
11. Revolt and Reaction
12. The Postmodern
13. Studying War
14. Slavery and Memory
15. Pa Not Pa
16. After Innocence
A Personal Note
Notes
Works Cited
Index
