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Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature Episodes

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  1. Goodbye Soldiers, Hello Everyone

    8/8 How American fiction is being renewed by writers from different backgrounds.

  2. The Celebrity Tour

    7/8 Mark Lawson reflects on literary celebrity.

  3. Small Wars

    6/8 How authors have reflected US foreign policy from Vietnam to 9/11.

  4. Making Sex Safe

    5/8 How a historically Puritan country was challenged by novels exploring sexual expression.

  5. Landscapes, Interiors, Underworlds

    4/8 Writers have captured the texture of everyday life in America's different regions.

  6. Divided States

    3/8 Mark Lawson traces how American writers have explored violent divisions in their society.

  7. The Crucible of Capitalism

    2/8 The radicalism of US playwrights who questioned the optimistic rhetoric of politicians.

  8. Fighters and Writers

    1/8 How a group of young writers returning from WWII turned the US into a literary superpower.