Writing the past in twenty-first-century American fiction / Alexandra Lawrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrie, Alexandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History in literature.

American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

'Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction' examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors - including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell - each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential narrative arrangements to emphasise the re-emergence, in a twenty-first-century context, of historical structures and circumstances.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Historical Racism and Contemporary Incarceration in C. E. Morgan and Hari Kunzru

2. Ben Lerner and Literary Antecedents of the City

3. Dana Spiotta and Political Commitment

4. AIDS Activism and Looking Back in Tim Murphy and Garth Greenwell

5. Anxious Futures in Colson Whitehead and Omar El Akkad

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 4, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Lawrie, Alexandra Writing the Past in Twenty-First-century American Fiction

ISBN:

9781474463478

1474463479

9781474463461

1474463460

OCLC:

1351707556