Reading the American Novel 1920-2010
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:17th May '13
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This astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers detailed analyses of landmark novels based on a clearly laid out set of tools for analyzing narrative form.
- Includes a valuable overview of twentieth- and early twenty-first century American literary history
- Provides analyses of numerous core texts including The Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Sound and the Fury, The Crying of Lot 49 and Freedom
- Relates these individual novels to the broader artistic movements of modernism and postmodernism
- Explains and applies key principles of rhetorical reading
- Includes numerous cross-novel comparisons and contrasts
“It is an excellent book.” (Primary Health Care,1 March 2015)
“Reading the American Novelis also a rich experience, both in terms of the novels discussed and in terms of their literary-critical examination.” (Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas,13 January 2014)
ISBN: 9780631230670
Dimensions: 238mm x 158mm x 18mm
Weight: 522g
278 pages