American post-modernist novels.

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9781619252103 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 813.509113 American fiction in English
• Mô tả vật lý: xii, 328 pages : , illustrations ; , 26 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Văn học
• ID: 350175
• Chủ đề: 1. American literature--History and criticism--20th century; 2. Canadian literature--History and criticism--20th century; 3. Literature, Modern--History and criticism--20th century; 4. Postmodernism (Literature

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index.

Tóm tắt

This volume introduces literary contexts as they apply to novels written since 1960 by American and Canadian authors, offering students a working foundation of literary context. Essays on 37 notable post-modernist novels include detailed plot synopsis and main characters, along with symbols and motifs, historical, societal, religious, scientific and technological, and biographical context, and end with discussion questions and essay ideas