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- Book Title
- Michael Chabon's America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacre
- Publication Date
- 2014-07-08
- ISBN
- 9781442236042
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1442236043
ISBN-13
9781442236042
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201659185
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Michael Chabon's America : Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces
Publication Year
2014
Subject
General, American / General, Jewish
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Series
Contemporary American Literature Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-006025
Reviews
Kovadlo and Batchelor have edited a thoughtful, worthwhile volume on novelist and essayist Michael Chabon. The book is divided into sections that situate Chabon in relationship to popular culture; genre conventions; ethnicity and gender; and Chabon as a writer, noting training and earlier literary movements that influenced him. The editors' lucid introduction points out the paucity of scholarship on Chabon in comparison to such contemporaries as David Foster Wallace, Junot Diaz, and Jonathan Franzen, as well as to such forebears as Updike, Mailer, and Roth 'at similar points in their careers.' The volume is illuminating throughout. Batchelor, for instance, makes a persuasive comparison of Chabon's flawed but likable protagonist Grady Tripp, from Wonder Boys, with counterparts in film (the Coen Brothers' Jeff Lebowski) and in politics (Bill Clinton). Stephen Hock traces the pervasive influence of comic books on Chabon's subject matter. Josef Benson examines 'queer masculinities' in Chabon's fiction and nonfiction. David McKay Powell supplies a careful, close reading of Chabon's Wonder Boys that locates possible parallels in the novel to Chabon's development as a gifted writer with an expansive imagination. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty., Kovadlo and Batchelor have edited a thoughtful, worthwhile volume on novelist and essayist Michael Chabon. The book is divided into sections that situate Chabon in relationship to popular culture; genre conventions; ethnicity and gender; and Chabon as a writer, noting training and earlier literary movements that influenced him. The editors' lucid introduction points out the paucity of scholarship on Chabon in comparison to such contemporaries as David Foster Wallace, Junot Diaz, and Jonathan Franzen, as well as to such forebears as Updike, Mailer, and Roth 'at similar points in their careers.' The volume is illuminating throughout. Batchelor, for instance, makes a persuasive comparison of Chabon's flawed but likable protagonist Grady Tripp, from Wonder Boys, with counterparts in film (the Coen Brothers' Jeff Lebowski) and in politics (Bill Clinton). Stephen Hock traces the pervasive influence of comic books on Chabon's subject matter. Josef Benson examines 'queer masculinities' in Chabon's fiction and nonfiction. David McKay Powell supplies a careful, close reading of Chabon's Wonder Boys that locates possible parallels in the novel to Chabon's development as a gifted writer with an expansive imagination. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty., "Kovadlo and Batchelor have edited a thoughtful, worthwhile volume on novelist and essayist Michael Chabon. The book is divided into sections that situate Chabon in relationship to popular culture; genre conventions; ethnicity and gender; and Chabon as a writer, noting training and earlier literary movements that influenced him. The editors' lucid introduction points out the paucity of scholarship on Chabon in comparison to such contemporaries as David Foster Wallace, Junot Diaz, and Jonathan Franzen, as well as to such forebears as Updike, Mailer, and Roth 'at similar points in their careers.' The volume is illuminating throughout. Batchelor, for instance, makes a persuasive comparison of Chabon's flawed but likable protagonist Grady Tripp, from Wonder Boys, with counterparts in film (the Coen Brothers' Jeff Lebowski) and in politics (Bill Clinton). Stephen Hock traces the pervasive influence of comic books on Chabon's subject matter. Josef Benson examines 'queer masculinities' in Chabon's fiction and nonfiction. David McKay Powell supplies a careful, close reading of Chabon's Wonder Boys that locates possible parallels in the novel to Chabon's development as a gifted writer with an expansive imagination. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." -- Choice Reviews
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction: Bob Batchelor and Jesse Kavadlo 1: Real Maps of Imaginary Worlds; or, Michael Chabon, Shadowtail - Jesse Kavadlo Chronicling Popular Culture 2: The Dudes Abide: Examining Clinton-Era Identity in Wonder Boys and The Big Lebowski - Bob Batchelor 3: Quentin Tarantino and the Paradox of Popular Culture in Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue - John Joseph Hess 4: Driving Away: Muscle Cars, Loss, and Unrequited Travels with Chabon - Charli Valdez 5: "Guess Who I am Now": On Communication and Childhood in Michael Chabon's 'Lost World' Stories - Mike Witcombe Chabon's Mysteries: Comics and Genre 6: Comix Remix, or, The Strange Case of Mr. Chabon - Stephen Hock 7: "An American Golem:" The Necessity of Myth in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Seth Johnson 8: The Chatter of an African Gray Parrot: The Final Solution as Postmodern Detective Fiction - Marjorie Worthington 9: Genre for Justice: The Final Solution and The Yiddish Policemen's Union as Reflections of Golden Age Detective Fiction Texts - Monica Lott Ethnicity, Gender, and Masculinity in Chabon's Oeuvre 10: Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road and the Rejection of Communal Identity as Heroic Quest - Eric Sandberg 11: Solving the Jewish Case: Metaphorical Detection in Michael Chabon's The Final Solution and The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Inbar Kaminsky 12: Not Growing Old but Growing Up: Appropriate Masculine Identity in Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys - Alex Hobbs 13: Queer Masculinities in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Manhood for Amateurs - Josef Benson Chabon's American Expression 14: Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and Therapeutic Creativity - David McKay Powell 15: American Prowess Deconstructed: Michael Chabon and the Merger of Naturalism and Fantasy - Jake Sudderth 16: "Hope Unfulfilled, Not Yet Betrayed": Michael Chabon's Nostalgia for the Future - Matt Kavanagh Index About the Contributors About the Editors
Synopsis
Author Michael Chabon is acutely attuned to life in contemporary America, providing insight into the history of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in novels such as The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), Wonder Boys (1995), and Telegraph Avenue (2012). The Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon follows in the footsteps of past stylists, writing across multiple genres that include young-adult literature, essays, and screenplays. Despite his broad success, however, Chabon's work has not been adequately examined from a critical perspective.Michael Chabon's America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first scholarly collection of essays analyzing the work of the acclaimed author. This book demonstrates how Chabon uses a broad range of styles and genres, including detective and comic book fiction, to define the American experience. These essays assess and analyze Chabon's complete oeuvre, demonstrating his deep connection to the contemporary world and his place as a literary force.Providing a context for understanding the author's work from cultural, historical, and stylistic perspectives, Michael Chabon's America is a valuable study of a celebrated author whose work deserves close examination., Michael Chabon's America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first comprehensive scholarly collection analyzing the work of acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon. At its core, the book demonstrates how Chabon uses a broad range of styles and genres, including detective and comic book fiction and essays and other works of nonfiction, to get at the heart of defining the American experience. As a result, Michael Chabon's America provides context and exploration for understanding the author's work from cultural, historical, and stylistic perspectives by scholars from five continents, revealing Chabon's deep global impact., Author Michael Chabon is acutely attuned to life in contemporary America, providing insight into the history of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in novels such as The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), Wonder Boys (1995), and Telegraph Avenue (2012). The Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon follows in the footsteps of past stylists, writing across multiple genres that include young-adult literature, essays, and screenplays. Despite his broad success, however, Chabon's work has not been adequately examined from a critical perspective. Michael Chabon's America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first scholarly collection of essays analyzing the work of the acclaimed author. This book demonstrates how Chabon uses a broad range of styles and genres, including detective and comic book fiction, to define the American experience. These essays assess and analyze Chabon's complete oeuvre, demonstrating his deep connection to the contemporary world and his place as a literary force. Providing a context for understanding the author's work from cultural, historical, and stylistic perspectives, Michael Chabon's America is a valuable study of a celebrated author whose work deserves close examination.
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