Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern indivi
The Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Summer of Love?the 1960s were one of the most turbulent decades in US history. These years launched an unprecedented publi
The Imaginary and Its Worlds collects essays that boldly rethink the imaginary as a key concept for cultural criticism. Addressing both the emergence and the reproduction of the social, the imaginary
