The People We Meet in Stories: Literary Characters That Defined the 1950s

by Robert McParland

Literature following the Second World War gave readers characters that asserted the courage and strength of the individual confronting the system. By profiling the protagonists who appear in significant American novels of the 1950s, the historical-cultural context of the 1950s in America is explored in this volume.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538130351
• ISBN13: 9781538130353
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"