"The American Dream"

Japanese: 《アメリカの夢》 - あめりかのゆめ
"The American Dream"

…The following year, he served in the Pacific War, and in 1948 published one of the finest war novels, The Naked and the Dead, establishing his position as a standard-bearer of contemporary American fiction. He subsequently wrote Barbary Shores (1951), The Deer Garden (1955), The American Dream (1965), and Why We Go to Vietnam (1967). In terms of literary achievement and quality, these novels fall short of his debut work, The Naked and the Dead. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "American Dream" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…翌年太平洋戦争に従軍,48年に屈指の戦争文学《裸者と死者》を世に問い,現代アメリカ小説の旗手としての地位を確立した。以後,《バーバリーの岸辺》(1951),《鹿の園》(1955),《アメリカの夢》(1965),《なぜぼくらはベトナムへ行くのか》(1967)を書いた。文学的結実,できばえとしては,これらの小説は処女作《裸者と死者》に及ばない。…

※「《アメリカの夢》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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