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The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo / Catherine Morley.
Van Pelt Library PS169.E63 M67 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morley, Catherine, 1977-
- Series:
- Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 8.
- Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
- Epic literature, American.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- United States--In literature.
- United States.
- Literature and history--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature and history.
- History.
- Updike, John. Rabbit Angstrom.
- Updike, John.
- Roth, Philip, 1933-2018. American pastoral.
- Roth, Philip.
- DeLillo, Don. Underworld.
- DeLillo, Don.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- Theoretical and generic considerations
- A transnational inheritance: Joycean and American ancestry
- The bard of everyday domesticity: John Updike's song of America
- Transnational paternalisms: Philip Roth's post-pastoral American epic
- Don DeLillo's Underworld as recycled American epic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415961134
- 0415961130
- OCLC:
- 226212841
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