Linda Wagner-Martin

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism

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Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. The author gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138746657
• ISBN-10: 1138746657
• Artikelnr.: 54399520

Autorenporträt

Linda Wagner-Martin is Frank Borden Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature emerita, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. A former Guggenheim fellow, a senior NEH fellow, and a Rockefeller Institute fellow, she received the Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literature in 2012. Among her recent books are John Steinbeck: A Literary Life, Maya Angelou: Adventurous Spirit, and Hemingway's Wars: The Public and Private Battles.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1 The Origins of the American Postmodern, Barth, Gass, Barthelme
2 The Books that Shaped Directions, Coover, Pynchon, DeLillo, Wallace
3 Other Dominant Authors
4 Postmodernism in Generations
5 Later Generations-Morrison, Doctorow, Kingston and Chabon
6 The Fusion of Genres in Twenty-First Century Literature
7 "9/11" as Insistent Game-Changer
8 Postmodern Writers in the Twenty-First Century
Bibliography
Index