The American novel now: reading contemporary American fiction since 1980

2010; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 48; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.48-1927

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

Patrick O’Donnell,

Tópico(s)

American and British Literature Analysis

Resumo

Acknowledgements. Preface . Part I: Before 1980. Part II: From New Realisms to Postmodernism. This American Life. Dirty Realisms. Only Wor(l)ds. Magnifying Reality, Multiplying Genre. Part III: Becoming Identities. Reinventing Character. Racing Identity. Engendering Narrative. Toward the Posthuman. Part IV: What Happened to History? The Past is Prologue. Tunneling In. Imagining Epoch. Another History. Catastrophe: The Ends of History. Part V: Relations Stopping Nowhere. The Postnuclear Family. The Reach of Community. Nation and Migration: From There to Here. Epilogue. Notes. References. Index.

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