ABSTRACT

The multi-volume Longman literature in English series aims to provide students of literature with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. This book looks at cinema, painting and architecture in 20th-century America, as well as the culture of politics.

chapter |34 pages

Introduction: Modernity

part 1|110 pages

The Politics of Culture

chapter 1|41 pages

Cinema

chapter 2|36 pages

Painting

chapter 3|31 pages

Architecture

part 2|190 pages

The Culture of Politics

chapter 4|36 pages

From Victorianism to Modernism

chapter 5|30 pages

From the Old Left to the New Left

chapter 6|40 pages

America at mid-century

chapter 7|29 pages

Black Culture and Politics

chapter 8|29 pages

Feminism

chapter 9|24 pages

Conclusion: Post-modernity