T. Savvas
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2011
9780230298347
American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9780230298347
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230298347
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements Introduction 'Nothing but words': Chronicling and Storytelling in Robert Coover's The Public Burning 'A world inside the world': Don DeLillo's Libra and Latent History Pynchon Plays Dice: Mason & Dixon and Quantum History 'A long list of regrettable actions': William T. Vollmann's Symbolic History 'There is only narrative': E.L. Doctorow Conclusion Bibliography Index