@article{858753, author = {Olster, Stacey Michele,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/858753}, title = {The Cambridge introduction to contemporary American fiction /}, abstract = {This book 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.--Publisher's description.}, recid = {858753}, pages = {ix, 257 pages ;}, }