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Longman Literature in English Ser.: American Fiction Since 1940 by Tony Hilfer (1992, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100582493501

ISBN-139780582493506

eBay Product ID (ePID)380716

Product Key Features

Number of Pages302 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAmerican Fiction since 1940

SubjectGeneral, American / General

Publication Year1992

TypeTextbook

AuthorTony Hilfer

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Fiction

SeriesLongman Literature in English Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length5.4 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN91-043421

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813

Table Of ContentEditor's Preface. Author's Preface. Introduction 1. From Social Protest to Solipsism 2. The Emergence of African Amercan Fiction 3. Southern Fiction 4. Jewish American Fiction 5. Postmodernism as Black Humour 6. Postmodernism as Metafiction 7. The Sorrows of Realism: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 8. Fiction by Women: Voicing the Unspoken 9. Distinct Voices: Donald Barthelme and Toni Morrison Chronology. General bibliographies. Individual authors. Index

SynopsisIn this remarkable book, Tony Hilfer provides a major survey of the wealth of post-war American fiction. He analyses the major modes and genres of writing, from realist to postmodernist metafiction and black humour, the fiction of social protest, women's writing, and the traditions of African-American, Southern and Jewish-American fiction. Key writers discussed include William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Vladimir Nabokov and Joyce Carol Oates. The book concludes by exploring contemporary trends through detailed case-studies of Donald Barthelme and Toni Morrison.