Book contents
- American Literature in Transition, 1980–1990
- American Literature in Transition
- American Literature in Transition, 1980–1990
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Themes
- Part II Genres and Formats
- Part III Institutions
- Chapter 16 The Culture Wars and the Canon Debate
- Chapter 17 “We Are the World, We Are the Children”
- Chapter 18 Literature in an Age of Plague
- Chapter 19 Libertarian Fictions
- Chapter 20 Neoconservative Ascendancy, the Reagan Age, and Literature's Response
- Chapter 21 The Literature of High Finance in the 1980s
- Chapter 22 From Nuclear Fear to Shades of Gray
- Index
Chapter 17 - “We Are the World, We Are the Children”
1980s World Literature Bears Witness to US-American Exceptionalism and Imperialism
from Part III - Institutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 December 2017
- American Literature in Transition, 1980–1990
- American Literature in Transition
- American Literature in Transition, 1980–1990
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Themes
- Part II Genres and Formats
- Part III Institutions
- Chapter 16 The Culture Wars and the Canon Debate
- Chapter 17 “We Are the World, We Are the Children”
- Chapter 18 Literature in an Age of Plague
- Chapter 19 Libertarian Fictions
- Chapter 20 Neoconservative Ascendancy, the Reagan Age, and Literature's Response
- Chapter 21 The Literature of High Finance in the 1980s
- Chapter 22 From Nuclear Fear to Shades of Gray
- Index
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- American Literature in Transition, 1980–1990 , pp. 225 - 238Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017