Understanding Jennifer Egan / Alexander Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moran, Alexander (Alexander James Paul), author.

Series:

Understanding contemporary American literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egan, Jennifer--Criticism and interpretation.

Egan, Jennifer.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

139 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Understanding Jennifer Egan is the first book-length study of the novelist, short-story writer, and journalist best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad. Alexander Moran examines each of Egan's varied published works, analyzes how her journalism informs her fiction, excavates her literary and intellectual influences, and considers her place in contemporary fiction. Moran argues that because Egan's fiction is not easily categorized many of her novels have been underappreciated. He proposes a framework for understanding her writing centered on what it means to have, and to write, an "authentic" experience. In Emerald City, Egan explores the authenticity of touristic experience; in The Invisible Circus, her focus shifts to the authenticity of historical memory; in Look at Me, The Keep, and A Visit from the Goon Squad, she explores the effects of digital technology on how we understand authentic experience. In the concluding chapter, Moran discusses Egan's 2017 novel Manhattan Beach as a text that explores the authenticity of history and genre while resonating with the instability of the present."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Understanding Jennifer Egan

ch. 2 Emerald City

ch. 3 The Invisible Circus

ch. 4 Look At Me

ch. 5 The Keep

ch. 6 A Visit From the Goon Squad

ch. 7 Manhattan Beach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781643362250

1643362259

9781643362243

1643362240

OCLC:

1253747594