The New American Novel of Manners

by Jerome Klinkowitz

Book Overview

In the 1960s, as the underpinnings of society weakened, the traditional novel form seemed less suited to describe American reality. Theorists groped towards non-mimetic fiction as the tools that had sustained the novel since its birth--coherent characterization, linear plot, symbolism--became tools of New Journalism. The New American Novel of Manners explores the virtual reinvention of the novel of manners in America out of the same subjectivity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820339423
• ISBN13: 9780820339429
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"