Professor John Limon (Wil ohn Hawley Roberts Professor of Englishd

Escape, Escapism, Escapology

American Novels of the Early Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

"In a major contribution to American studies, John Limon identifies and explores the central theme of American fiction of the first two decades of the 21st century: escapism"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 342g
• ISBN-13: 9781501391101
• ISBN-10: 1501391100
• Artikelnr.: 63240961

Autorenporträt

John Limon

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Escape, Escapism, Escapology
1. Notes from Neverland
2. I Flit, I Float, I Fleetly Flee, I Fly [on The Sound of Music]
Part II: Family Likenesses
3. The Escapist [on Michael Chabon]
4. Mellon [on Junot Diaz]
5. Bath and Bathos [on Dave Eggers and Jonathan Safran Foer]
6. The Beauty! The Horror! [on Emma Donoghue]
7. Et in Nobis Arcadia [on Lauren Groff]
8. The Ethics of Immortality [on Colson Whitehead]
9. The Songs of Murdered Souls [On Jesmyn Ward and George Saunders]
Part III: Foreign Correspondents
10. Choice and the Chosen [on David Grossman]
11. Categorical Denial [on Arundhati Roy]
Part IV: Prequel
12. The Tunnel Out [on William H. Gass]
Acknowledgments
References
Index