A Companion to the Modern American Novel, 1900 - 1950
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781118661635 | |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | March 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781118661635 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | March 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole.
- Brings together 28 original essays from leading scholars
- Allows readers to orient individual works and authors in their principal cultural and social contexts
- Contributes to efforts to recover minority voices, such as those of African American novelists, and popular subgenres, such as detective fiction
- Directs students to major relevant scholarship for further inquiry
- Suggests the many ways that “modern”, “American” and “fiction” carry new meanings in the twenty-first century
This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole.
- Brings together 28 original essays from leading scholars
- Allows readers to orient individual works and authors in their principal cultural and social contexts
- Contributes to efforts to recover minority voices, such as those of African American novelists, and popular subgenres, such as detective fiction
- Directs students to major relevant scholarship for further inquiry
- Suggests the many ways that “modern”, “American” and “fiction” carry new meanings in the twenty-first century
