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

by Emily A. Murphy

Book Overview

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"