Hicks, tribes & dirty realists : American fiction after postmodernism /
Robert Rebein argues that much literary fiction of the 1980s and 90s represents a triumphant, if tortured, return to questions about place and the individual that inspired the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and other giants of American literature. Concentrating on the realist bent an...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2009.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Robert Rebein argues that much literary fiction of the 1980s and 90s represents a triumphant, if tortured, return to questions about place and the individual that inspired the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and other giants of American literature. Concentrating on the realist bent and regional orientation in contemporary fiction, he discusses in detail the various names by which this fiction has been described, including literary postmodernism, minimalism, Hick Chic, Dirty Realism, ecofeminism, and more. Rebein's clearly written, nuanced interpretations of works by Raymond Carv. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813149974 0813149975 0813171148 9780813171142 081319234X 9780813192345 |
