Growing Up with America: Youth, Myth, and National Identity, 1945 to Present

by Emily A. Murphy

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When D. H. Lawrence wrote his classic study of American literature, he claimed that youth was the "true myth" of America. Beginning from this assertion, Emily A. Murphy traces the ways that youth began to embody national hopes and fears at a time when the United States was transitioning to a new position of world power. In the aftermath of World War II, persistent calls for the nation to "grow up" and move beyond innocence became common, and the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0820357812

ISBN13:9780820357812

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:University of Georgia Press

Length:278 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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