The contemporary American novel in context /
Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides a critical introduction to novels produced in the United States b...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2011.
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| Series: | Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides a critical introduction to novels produced in the United States between 1980 and the present. Compact yet wide-ranging, and written in vivid, accessible prose, it registers the diversity of contemporary American fiction and carefully situates this work in historical contexts that include Reaganomics, the Clinton years and the post-9/11 'War on Terror'. Detailed a. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 183 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441132055 1441132058 9781441122971 1441122974 1283122588 9781283122580 9786613122582 6613122580 |
