UID:
almafu_9959237124802883
Format:
1 online resource (216 p.)
Edition:
Paperback edition.
ISBN:
0-8131-8459-2
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0-8131-4997-5
Content:
Robert Rebein argues that much literary fiction of the 1980s and 90s represents a triumphant, if tortured, return to questions about place and the individual that inspired the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and other giants of American literature. Concentrating on the realist bent and regional orientation in contemporary fiction, he discusses in detail the various names by which this fiction has been described, including literary postmodernism, minimalism, Hick Chic, Dirty Realism, ecofeminism, and more. Rebein's clearly written, nuanced interpretations of works by Raymond Carv
Note:
Includes index.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. After Postmodernism; 2. Minimalism and Its Discontents; 3. Dirty Realism; 4. Hick Chic, or, the ""White Trash Aesthetic""; 5. Return of the Native; 6. New West, or, the Borderlands; 7. Tribes and Breeds, Coyotes and Curanderas; 8. The White Prison Novel as Bildungsroman; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-59466-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-2176-0
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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