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The objective of Chapter 35 is to examine the mood of alienation and anxiety as reflected in the arts at mid-century.
After reading this chapter, you should be familiar with:
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| 1. the basic arguments of Sartrean existentialism? |
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| 2. how each of the following reflects the quest for meaning at mid-century: existential literature; theater of the absurd; the poetry of Eliot and other poets at mid-century? |
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| 3. the postwar cultural boom in America? |
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| 4. the unique stylistic features of painting, architecture, music, and dance at mid-century? |