Revisions of the American Adam: Innocence, Identity and Masculinity in Twentieth Century America

by Jonathan Mitchell

Book Overview

The figure of the American Adam is a prevalent myth in US cultural history. Defined by R.W.B. Lewis in 1955 as "the hero of new adventure . . .an individual standing alone, self-reliant and self-propelling, ready to confront whatever awaited him with the aid of his own unique and
inherent resources", the figure is discernable in the American renaissance writers and in the imagery of the frontiersman, cowboy, gangster as well as in the heroes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147250643X
• ISBN13: 9781472506436
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"