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A History of American Literature Part One: Strange Realities, Adequate Fictions - Page 2

These are books published post-1940 that are discussed in Chapter 11 (the final chapter) of "From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature". Chapter 11 is within the section "Modernism in the American Grain".
This is the first instalment of a maximum of eleven, depending on the level of interest shown. The instalments will be published in more or less reverse chronological order.
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Mr. Sammler's Planet (Saul Bellow)
Mr. Sammler's Planet
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Saul Bellow
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
42
Saul Bellow
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
43
Saul Bellow
The Dean's December (Saul Bellow)
The Dean's December
44
Saul Bellow
Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition (Bernard Malamud)
Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition
45
Bernard Malamud
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
46
Philip Roth
Letting Go (Phillip Roth)
Letting Go
47
Phillip Roth
When She Was Good (Philip Roth)
When She Was Good
48
Philip Roth
The Breast (Philip Roth)
The Breast
49
Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
50
Philip Roth
My Life as a Man (Philip Roth)
My Life as a Man
51
Philip Roth
The Counterlife (Philip Roth)
The Counterlife
52
Philip Roth
Little Disturbances (Grace Paley)
Little Disturbances
53
Grace Paley
Later the Same Day (Grace Paley)
Later the Same Day
54
Grace Paley
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
55
Ralph Ellison
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
56
James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
57
James Baldwin
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
58
James Baldwin
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (James Baldwin)
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
59
James Baldwin
Nobody Knows My Name (James Baldwin)
Nobody Knows My Name
60
James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
61
James Baldwin
If He Hollers Let Him Go (Chester Himes)
If He Hollers Let Him Go
62
Chester Himes
The Real Cool Killers (Chester Himes)
The Real Cool Killers
63
Chester Himes
The Free-Lance Pallbearers (Ishmael Reed)
The Free-Lance Pallbearers
64
Ishmael Reed
Mumbo Jumbo (Ishmael Reed)
Mumbo Jumbo
65
Ishmael Reed
All-Night Visitors (Clarence Major)
All-Night Visitors
66
Clarence Major
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
67
Malcolm X
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
68
Alex Haley
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
69
Toni Morrison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
70
Toni Morrison
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
71
Alice Walker
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
72
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
73
Kurt Vonnegut
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
74
Ken Kesey
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
75
Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
76
Thomas Pynchon
Vineland (Thomas Pynchon)
Vineland
77
Thomas Pynchon
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
78
John Hersey
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
79
Truman Capote
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
80
Norman Mailer
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