1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790084203321

Autore

Dix Andrew

Titolo

The contemporary American novel in context [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis and Paul Jenner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12258-8

9786613122582

1-4411-3205-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Texts and contexts

Altri autori (Persone)

JarvisBrian

JennerPaul

Disciplina

813.609

Soggetti

American fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Contexts -- pt. 2. Texts -- pt. 3. Wider contexts.

Sommario/riassunto

Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides a critical introduction to novels produced in the United States between 1980 and the present. Compact yet wide-ranging, and written in vivid, accessible prose, it registers the diversity of contemporary American fiction and carefully situates this work in historical contexts that include Reaganomics, the Clinton years and the post-9/11 'War on Terror'. Detailed a



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0114624

Titolo

Digital methods and remote sensing in archaeology : archaeology in the age of sensing / Maurizio Forte, Stefano Campana editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Cham], : Springer, 2016

Titolo uniforme

Digital methods and remote sensing in archaeology

Descrizione fisica

XIX, 496 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

68Uxx - Computing methodologies and applications [MSC 2020]

62R07 - Statistical aspects of big data and data science [MSC 2020]

68T09 - Computational aspects of data analysis and big data [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia