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



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Autore: Dix Andrew Visualizza persona
Titolo: The contemporary American novel in context [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis and Paul Jenner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina: 813.609
Soggetto topico: American fiction - History and criticism
Altri autori: JarvisBrian  
JennerPaul  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-12258-8
9786613122582
1-4411-3205-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790084203321
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Serie: Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))