Essays on American culture from the 19th to the late 20th centuries: guns, cars, films, poetry, music, poltiics.
ERIC MOTTRAM (1924-1995) was a hugely influential British teacher, critic, editor and poet. He taught English and American literature at King's College London for many years, as well as in visiting lectureships all over the world. He co-founded the Institute of United States Studies in London and was a pioneer of the discipline that became cultural studies. He was a pivotal figure in the British Poetry Revival during the 1970s, and introduced the Beat Generation writers to British and European readerships.
