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And discovering a usable American past, as Wyatt shows, enables us to confront the urgencies of our present moment.

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A 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 Contents

To 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

Secret Histories Reading TwentiethCentury

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 27/12/2010
      ISBN13: 9780801897122, 978-0801897122
      ISBN10: 0801897122
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      And discovering a usable American past, as Wyatt shows, enables us to confront the urgencies of our present moment.

      Trade Review
      A 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 Contents

      To 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

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