In tracking pieces of great American literature from the 19th-21st century, we can identify an overwhelming sense of the loss of true purpose, disembodiment, and dislocation that is rather fitting when you consider the historical context.
Against the backdrop of the first colonial settlements and the changes made in American society following the Civil War of 1865, to the Great Depression, the First and Second World Wars and the prefab building and re-building of America in a new, utterly capitalist image – it’s frankly no wonder that increasingly radical, postmodern narratives began to emerge.
