The Cambridge introduction to contemporary American fiction / Stacey Olster, Stony Brook University.
2017
PS379 .O57 2017 (Mapit)
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The Cambridge introduction to contemporary American fiction / Stacey Olster, Stony Brook University.
ISBN
9781107627178 (paperback)
1107627176 (paperback)
9781107049215 (hardcover)
1107049210 (hardcover)
1107627176 (paperback)
9781107049215 (hardcover)
1107049210 (hardcover)
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
ix, 257 pages ; 23 cm.
Call Number
PS379 .O57 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.609
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge introductions to literature.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : From sweet home to homeland
History and the novel
Regional realism
The contemporary political novel
The novel and 9/11
Smooth worlds
Borderlands and border identities
Race relations
Conclusion : Postscripts and post-postmodernism.
History and the novel
Regional realism
The contemporary political novel
The novel and 9/11
Smooth worlds
Borderlands and border identities
Race relations
Conclusion : Postscripts and post-postmodernism.