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The American novel now : reading contemporary American fiction since 1980

Author: Patrick O'Donnell
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Contemporary American fiction since 1980 is known for its remarkable liveliness, diversity, and rigor, The American Novel Now navigates this exciting and vast terrain, offering a symptomatic reading of contemporary American fiction that considers both mainstream and experimental writing from over seventy different authors and novels. Featured authors include Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Louise Erdrich, Don  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Patrick O'Donnell
ISBN: 9781405167574 1405167572 9781405167550 1405167556
OCLC Number: 429227179
Description: xi, 234 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 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 --
Narrating Vietnam --
Catastrophe: The Ends of History --
Part V: Relations Stopping Nowhere --
The Postnuclear Family --
The Reach of Community --
From There to Here: Migration and Nation
Responsibility: Patrick O'Donnell.
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ocn429227179

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Written in a lively and accessible style, the book explores a wide range of themes offered in the wealth of contemporary American fiction, including identity, history, family, nation, and aesthetics,  Read more...
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"In this extremely accessible discussion, O'Donnell (Michigan State Univ.) reveals his as an authoritative voice on novels from the 1980s to present. His selections are, by his own admission, Read more...

 
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