American Literature in Transition - Series page

pp ii-ii

American Literature in Transition, 1970–1980 - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vii

Illustrations

pp viii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-xiii

Chronology

pp xiv-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-20

Part I - Themes

pp 21-114

Chapter 1 - In the Shadow of the 1960s

pp 23-36

Chapter 2 - “It's Not Okay with Me”

pp 37-51

Chapter 3 - “We Interrupt This Program”

pp 52-71

Chapter 4 - “All in the Family”

pp 72-87

Chapter 5 - “An Element of Present Danger”

pp 88-101

Chapter 6 - “The Zipless Fuck is Absolutely Pure”

pp 102-114

Part II - Genres and the Business of Literature

pp 115-240

Chapter 7 - Our Stories, Our Selves

pp 117-131

Chapter 8 - “(Not Just) Knee Deep”

pp 132-147

Chapter 9 - Green Letters in a Decade Black with Ink

pp 148-166

Chapter 10 - Future Shocks

pp 167-181

Chapter 11 - Death Wishes

pp 182-195

Chapter 12 - The Great American Novel in the 1970s

pp 196-209

Chapter 13 - The Bestseller and the Blockbuster Mentality

pp 210-225

Chapter 14 - “Do the Hustle”

pp 226-240

Part III - Cultural Engagements

pp 241-380

Chapter 15 - First to Write

pp 243-261

Chapter 16 - Nixon Burning

pp 262-280

Chapter 17 - The Maturation of the New Journalism in the 1970s

pp 281-303

Chapter 18 - Rock is Dead/Long Live Rock

pp 304-336