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![Facing the Abyss: American Literature and Culture in the 1940s by George Hutchinson](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNEIzcWc9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--357a64a9ffa823d45c3aa6b8c6d8f8a5de2498d2/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Facing%20the%20Abyss-%20American%20Literature%20and%20Culture%20in%20the%201940s.jpg)
464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231163385
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 23 January 2018
Description
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 spect...
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![Facing the Abyss: American Literature and Culture in the 1940s by George Hutchinson](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNEIzcWc9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--357a64a9ffa823d45c3aa6b8c6d8f8a5de2498d2/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Facing%20the%20Abyss-%20American%20Literature%20and%20Culture%20in%20the%201940s.jpg)
464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231163385
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 23 January 2018
Description
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 spect...