LEADER 05099nam 2200793 450 001 9910795190603321 005 20230613182422.0 010 $a1-5261-3244-3 010 $a1-5261-0889-5 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526108883 035 $a(CKB)4560000000000011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5224638 035 $a(OCoLC)1020066649 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78429 035 $a(UkMaJRU)992980123126101631 035 $a(DE-B1597)658784 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526108883 035 $a(PPN)243128185 035 $a(EXLCZ)994560000000000011 100 $a20200115h20172017 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe quiet contemporary American novel /$fRachel Sykes 210 1$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 226 pages) $cdigital file(s) 225 0 $aContemporary American and Canadian writers 311 $a1-5261-0887-9 311 $a1-5261-0888-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 196-221) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1 The quiet novel -- 2 '9/11' and the aesthetic of noise in contemporary fiction -- 3 Quiet in time and narrative -- 4 The quiet novel of cognition -- 5 The novel of '(dis)quiet' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index 330 $aThis book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction. In doing so, it makes two critical interventions. Firstly, it maps the neglected history of quiet fictions, arguing that from Hester Prynne to Clarissa Dalloway, from Bartleby to William Stoner, the Western tradition is filled with quiet characters. Secondly, it asks what it means for a novel to be quiet and how we might read for quiet in an American literary tradition that critics so often describe as noisy. Examining recent works by Marilynne Robinson, Teju Cole and Ben Lerner, among others, the book argues that quiet can be a multi-faceted state of existence, one that is communicative and expressive in as many ways as noise but filled with potential for radical discourse by its marginalisation as a mode of expression. 330 8 $a"What does it mean to describe a novel as 'quiet'? The quiet contemporary American novel defines the term as an aesthetic of narrative that is driven by reflective principles. While, at first appearance, 'quiet' seems a contradictory description of any literary form, because it risks suggesting that the novelist has nothing to say, this book argues that the quiet of the novel is better conceived as a mode of conversation that occurs at a reduced volume than as the failure to speak. The quiet contemporary American novel makes two critical interventions. Firstly, it maps the neglected history of quiet fictions and argues that from Hester Prynne to Clarissa Dalloway, from Bartleby to William Stoner, quiet characters fill the novel in the Western tradition. As a phrase, 'the quiet novel' also has a long and untraced history, dating back 150 years. Throughout its long history, many critics have used 'the quiet novel' as a phrase that dismisses and derides the work of writers whose novels seem disengaged from the 'noise' of their wider society. The quiet contemporary American novel finally takes up the long referred to idea of quiet fiction to ask what it means for a novel to be quiet and, through discussion of a diverse selection of contemporary writers including Marilynne Robinson, Teju Cole and Lynne Tillman, asks how we might read for quiet in an American literary tradition that critics so often describe as noisy." --Back cover. 410 0$aContemporary American and Canadian writers. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature$2mup 606 $aLiterature & Literary Studies$2bicssc 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General$2bisach 606 $aBiography, Literature & Literary studies$2thema 607 $aUSA$2gnd 610 $a9/11 event. 610 $aAmerican fiction. 610 $aMarilynne Robinson. 610 $aWestern tradition. 610 $acognitive fiction. 610 $aeveryday experience. 610 $aexternal feelings. 610 $ahuman consciousness. 610 $ainternal feelings. 610 $anoisy century. 610 $anoisy narrative. 610 $aquiet novel. 610 $aquiet texts. 610 $atemporality. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 7$aLiterature 615 7$aLiterature & Literary Studies 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General 615 7$aBiography, Literature & Literary studies 676 $a813.609 700 $aSykes$b Rachel$01477186 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795190603321 996 $aThe quiet contemporary American novel$93692252 997 $aUNINA