American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past

By Theophilus Savvas

Book Overview

Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349334502
• ISBN13: 9781349334506
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"