UID:
almafu_9960117465502883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-37800-5
,
1-108-37816-1
,
1-107-27881-3
Content:
The Cambridge Introduction to Contemporary American Fiction explores fiction written over the last thirty years in the context of the profound political, historical, and cultural changes that have distinguished the contemporary period. Focusing on both established and emerging writers - and with chapters devoted to the American historical novel, regional realism, the American political novel, the end of the Cold War and globalization, 9/11, borderlands and border identities, race, and the legacy of postmodern aesthetics - this Introduction locates contemporary American fiction at the intersection of a specific time and long-standing traditions. In the process, it investigates the entire concept of what constitutes an "American" author while exploring the vexed, yet resilient, nature of what the concept of home has come to signify in so much writing today. This wide-ranging study will be invaluable to students, instructors, and general readers alike.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-04921-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-62717-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107278813
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