The Age of the Crisis of Man: Thought and Fiction in America, 1933-1973

by Mark Greif

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A compelling intellectual and literary history of midcentury America

In a midcentury American cultural episode forgotten today, intellectuals of all schools shared a belief that human nature was under threat. The immediate result was a glut of dense, abstract books on the "nature of man." But the dawning "age of the crisis of man," as Mark Greif calls it, was far more than a historical curiosity. In this ambitious intellectual and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:069114639X

ISBN13:9780691146393

Release Date:January 2015

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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