| Contents |
Introduction: The People We Meet in Stories -- Wistful Warriors -- Alienated Dreamers -- Heroes and Anti-Heroes -- Saints, Sinners and Notorious Narcissists -- The Haunted and the Terrified -- Democracy's Defenders -- Adventurers. |
| Abstract |
"Literature following the Second World War gave readers characters that asserted the courage and strength of the individual confronting the system. The historical-cultural context of the 1950s in America is explored by profiling the protagonists appearing in significant American novels of the 1950s"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: McParland, Robert, 1958- People we meet in stories. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020 9781538130360 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2020010025 |
| ISBN | 9781538130353 |
| ISBN | 1538130351 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
