No Exit : Contemporary American Literature and the State.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKelvey, Seth.

Series:

Cultural Frames, Framing Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

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

Literature and state.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : University of Virginia Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This book examines attempts to escape the reach of the state in twentieth- and twenty-first-century American literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Contemporary American Literature on the State: No Exit

1. Escape's Edges: Limited Politics of Exit in William Carlos Williams and Charles Olson

2. Fantasies of Flight in Richard Wright and Thomas Pynchon

3. Unstate: Deauthorizing Representation in Don DeLillo and Joan Didion

4. Escape Politics after the Transnational Turn in Karen Tei Yamashita and Junot Díaz

5. Beyond Protest: Voice and Exit in Juliana Spahr and Nathaniel Mackey

Conclusion: Not Even through the Gift Shop

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Cultural Frames, Framing Culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8139-5308-1

OCLC:

1521499554