The contemporary American novel in context / / Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis and Paul Jenner
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| Autore: |
Dix Andrew
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| Titolo: |
The contemporary American novel in context / / Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis and Paul Jenner
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Continuum, 2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813.609 |
| Soggetto topico: | American fiction - History and criticism |
| Altri autori: |
JarvisBrian
JennerPaul
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The contemporary American novel in context |
| ISBN: | 1-283-12258-8 |
| 9786613122582 | |
| 1-4411-3205-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820760503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))