The American Novel Now: Reading Contemporary American Fiction Since 1980

by Patrick O'Donnell

Book Overview

The American Novel Now navigates the vast terrain of the American novel since 1980, exploring issues of identity, history, family, nation, and aesthetics, as well as cultural movements and narrative strategies from over seventy different authors and novels.

Discusses an exceptionally wide-range of authors and novels, from established figures to significant emerging writers Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Louise Erdrich, Don DeLillo,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405167556
• ISBN13: 9781405167550
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"