After Postmodernism
The New American Fiction
Several of American literature's most prominent authors, and many of their most perceptive critics and reviewers, argue that fiction of the last quarter century has turned away from the tendencies of postmodernist writing. Yet, the nature of that turn, and the defining qualities of American fiction after postmodernism, remain less than clear.This volume identifies four prominent trends of the contemporary scene: the recovery of the real, a rethinking of historical engagement, a preoccupation with materiality, and a turn to the planetary. Readings of works by various leading figures, including Dave Eggers, Jonathan Franzen, A.M. Homes, Lance O…
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Weitere Autoren: Savvas, Theophilus (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-00-028901-5
- EAN: 9781000289015
- Produktnummer: 35398256
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 158 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 11'505 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Christopher K. Coffman is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at Boston University, MA, USA. He is the author of Rewriting Early America: The Prenational Past in Postmodern Literature (2019) and co-editor of William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion (2015).Theophilus Savvas is Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past (2011).
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