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American Culture in the 1910s

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Description for American Culture in the 1910s Hardback. This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 509.
This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United State in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Chapters on fiction and poetry, art and photography, film and vaudeville, and music, theatre, and dance explore these developments, linking detailed commentary with focused case studies of influential texts and events. These range from Tarzan of the Apes to The Birth of a Nation, from the radical modernism of Gertrude Stein and the Provincetown Players to the earliest jazz recordings. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Twentieth-century American Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748634231
SKU
V9780748634231
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About Mark Whalan
Mark Whalan will be Robert D. and Eve E. Horn Professor of English at the University of Oregon from August 2011. He was Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of Exeter. He is author of The Letters of Jean Toomer, 1919-1924 (2006), Race, Manhood and Modernism in America: The Short Story Cycles of Sherwood Anderson and ... Read more

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