T. Savvas

American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-33450-6
• 1st ed. 2011
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781349334506
• ISBN-10: 1349334502
• Artikelnr.: 45080264

Autorenporträt

THEOPHILUS SAVVAS teaches in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 'Nothing but words': Chronicling and Storytelling in Robert Coover's The Public Burning 'A world inside the world': Don DeLillo's Libra and Latent History Pynchon Plays Dice: Mason & Dixon and Quantum History 'A long list of regrettable actions': William T. Vollmann's Symbolic History 'There is only narrative': E.L. Doctorow Conclusion Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past offers a new and thought provoking understanding of how a crucial strain of the American historical novel has developed through the postmodern era.' - Paula Geyh, Associate Professor of English, Yeshiva University, USA