Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists : American Fiction after Postmodernism / Robert Rebein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rebein, Robert, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism in literature.

Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Experimental fiction, American--History and criticism.

Experimental fiction, American.

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

American fiction.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Rebein argues that much literary fiction of the 1980s and 90s represents a triumphant, if tortured, return to questions about place and the individual that inspired the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and other giants of American literature. Concentrating on the realist bent and regional orientation in contemporary fiction, he discusses in detail the various names by which this fiction has been described, including literary postmodernism, minimalism, Hick Chic, Dirty Realism, ecofeminism, and more. Rebein's clearly written, nuanced interpretations of works by Raymond Carv

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. After Postmodernism; 2. Minimalism and Its Discontents; 3. Dirty Realism; 4. Hick Chic, or, the ""White Trash Aesthetic""; 5. Return of the Native; 6. New West, or, the Borderlands; 7. Tribes and Breeds, Coyotes and Curanderas; 8. The White Prison Novel as Bildungsroman; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-195) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813192345

081319234X

9780813184593

0813184592

9780813149974

0813149975

OCLC:

933515992