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A History of American Literature Part One: Strange Realities, Adequate Fictions

These are books published post-1940 that are discussed in Chapter 11 (the final chapter) of "From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature". Chapter 11 is within the section "Modernism in the American Grain".
This is the first instalment of a maximum of eleven, depending on the level of interest shown. The instalments will be published in more or less reverse chronological order.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
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Structural Anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Structural Anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
3
After the Lost Generation (John W. Aldridge)
After the Lost Generation (John W. Aldridge)
4
The Literary Situation (Malcolm Cowley)
The Literary Situation (Malcolm Cowley)
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The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
6
Barbary Shore (Norman Mailer)
Barbary Shore (Norman Mailer)
7
The Young Lions (Irwin Shaw)
The Young Lions (Irwin Shaw)
8
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
9
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
10
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
11
The Cannibal (John Hawkes)
The Cannibal (John Hawkes)
12
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
13
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
14
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
15
Little Friend, Little Friend (Randall Jarrell)
Little Friend, Little Friend (Randall Jarrell)
16
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
17
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
18
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
19
The Robber Bridegroom (Eudora Welty)
The Robber Bridegroom (Eudora Welty)
20
Delta Wedding (Eudora Welty)
Delta Wedding (Eudora Welty)
21
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
22
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
23
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
24
A New Life (Bernard Malamud)
A New Life (Bernard Malamud)
25
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
26
The Liberal Lmagination (Lionel Trilling)
The Liberal Lmagination (Lionel Trilling)
27
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
28
The Family Moskat (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Family Moskat (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
29
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
30
The World Is a Wedding (Delmore Schwartz)
The World Is a Wedding (Delmore Schwartz)
31
A Bad Man (Stanley Elkin)
A Bad Man (Stanley Elkin)
32
The Rabbi of Lud (Stanley Elkin)
The Rabbi of Lud (Stanley Elkin)
33
The MacGuffin (Stanley Elkin)
The MacGuffin (Stanley Elkin)
34
The Victim (Saul Bellow)
The Victim (Saul Bellow)
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Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
36
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
37
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
38
More Die of Heartbreak (Saul Bellow)
More Die of Heartbreak (Saul Bellow)
39
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
40
Dubin's Lives (Bernard Malamud)
Dubin's Lives (Bernard Malamud)
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