Revisions of the American Adam

Jonathan Mitchell is Lecturer in English Literature, at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He is treasurer of the Irish Association of American Studies.

• 1. The Fall, Amongst Other Things; Part I. Adam and Modernity; 2. Postcards From the Frontier; 3. The Hero in the Modern World; Part II. Adam in the Cold War; 4. In the Shadow of Bombs; 5. From War to Love and Back Again; Part III. Adam and Postmodernity; 6. Vietnam Syndrome; 7. The End of Ideology?; Postscript: Kennedy is Dead, Long Live Kennedy!; Bibliography; Index.