Jonathan Franzen at the end of postmodernism Stephen J. Burn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burn, Stephen, author.

Series:

Continuum literary studies.

Continuum literary studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franzen, Jonathan--Criticism and interpretation.

Franzen, Jonathan.

Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Postmodernism (Literature).

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan Franzen is one of the most influential, critically-significant and popular contemporary American novelists. This book is the first full-length study of his work and attempts to articulate where American fiction is headed after postmodernism. Stephen Burn provides a comprehensive analysis of each of Franzen's novels - from his early work to the major success of The Corrections - identifying key sources, delineating important narrative strategies, and revealing how Franzen's themes are reinforced by each novel's structure. Supplementing this analysis with comparisons to key contemporaries, David Foster Wallace and Richard Powers, Burn suggests how Franzen's work is indicative of the direction of experimental American fiction in the wake of the so-called end of postmodernism

Contents:

1. Jonathan Franzen and the End of Postmodernism

2. In the Concrete Waste Land: The Twenty-Seventh City

3. Midnight in the System Rooms: Strong Motion

4. Millenial Fictions: The Corrections

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index

ISBN:

9781472542540

1472542541

9781441194404

1441194401

OCLC:

882234833