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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
1
Thomas S. Kuhn
Structural Anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Structural Anthropology
2
Claude Lévi-Strauss
After the Lost Generation (John W. Aldridge)
After the Lost Generation
3
John W. Aldridge
The Literary Situation (Malcolm Cowley)
The Literary Situation
4
Malcolm Cowley
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
5
Norman Mailer
Barbary Shore (Norman Mailer)
Barbary Shore
6
Norman Mailer
The Young Lions (Irwin Shaw)
The Young Lions
7
Irwin Shaw
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
8
Herman Wouk
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
9
James Jones
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
10
Joseph Heller
The Cannibal (John Hawkes)
The Cannibal
11
John Hawkes
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
12
J.D. Salinger
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons
13
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
14
Arthur Miller
Little Friend, Little Friend (Randall Jarrell)
Little Friend, Little Friend
15
Randall Jarrell
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
16
Nelson Algren
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
17
Carson McCullers
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
18
Carson McCullers
The Robber Bridegroom (Eudora Welty)
The Robber Bridegroom
19
Eudora Welty
Delta Wedding (Eudora Welty)
Delta Wedding
20
Eudora Welty
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
21
Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
22
Flannery O'Connor
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
23
J.D. Salinger
A New Life (Bernard Malamud)
A New Life
24
Bernard Malamud
Something Happened (Joseph Heller)
Something Happened
25
Joseph Heller
The Liberal Lmagination (Lionel Trilling)
The Liberal Lmagination
26
Lionel Trilling
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel
27
E.L. Doctorow
The Family Moskat (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Family Moskat
28
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool
29
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The World Is a Wedding (Delmore Schwartz)
The World Is a Wedding
30
Delmore Schwartz
A Bad Man (Stanley Elkin)
A Bad Man
31
Stanley Elkin
The Rabbi of Lud (Stanley Elkin)
The Rabbi of Lud
32
Stanley Elkin
The MacGuffin (Stanley Elkin)
The MacGuffin
33
Stanley Elkin
The Victim (Saul Bellow)
The Victim
34
Saul Bellow
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man
35
Saul Bellow
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
36
Saul Bellow
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
37
Saul Bellow
More Die of Heartbreak (Saul Bellow)
More Die of Heartbreak
38
Saul Bellow
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
39
Bernard Malamud
Dubin's Lives (Bernard Malamud)
Dubin's Lives
40
Bernard Malamud
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