Research guide to American literature. 7, Contemporary literature, 1970 to present

Contemporary Literature: 1970–Present covers American literature in the contemporary period, leading up to the present day. Ideal for student researchers, this new resource examines works, authors, movements, and themes.
Topics covered include: Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street Genre fiction and popular reading Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies Literature and the environment David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross Toni Morrison's Beloved Multiculturalism and globalization Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried Postmodernism John Updike's "Rabbit" novels and more.