Peter S. Prescott

Encounters with American Culture

Volume 2, 1973-1985

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This collection of essays discusses some of the important books, authors, and literary trends of a volatile era in American and world literature whose cultural repercussions are still being felt. Peter S. Prescott was one of the most penetrating, knowledgeable, and sensitive critics to write for a general audience in the tradition of Edmund Wilson. In this volume of Encounters with American Culture, readers will discover not only Prescotts acute and subtle comments on the enduring and/or representative books of the time, but also his humor and style, his way with an anecdote or aphorism, his talent for parody, and his ability to laugh at hims… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Prescott, Anne L.

ISBN: 978-1-4128-0589-6
EAN: 9781412805896
Produktnummer: 2254754
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 322 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 600 g
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 600

Über den Autor

Peter S. Prescott was book review editor for Newsweek. His books incude A Darkening Green: Notes from the Silent Generation, and The Child Savers: Juvenile Justice Observed. Anne L. Prescott is Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor of English at Barnard College.