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The contemporary American novel in context / Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis and Paul Jenner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dix, Andrew.
- Series:
- Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))
- Texts and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Contexts
- pt. 2. Texts
- pt. 3. Wider contexts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613122582
- 9781283122580
- 1283122588
- 9781441132055
- 1441132058
- OCLC:
- 727649509
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