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Reading the American Novel 1920-2010
James Phelan
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Description for Reading the American Novel 1920-2010
Hardcover. 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. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
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 ... Read more
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Reading the Novel
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631230670
SKU
V9780631230670
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Ref
99-15
About James Phelan
James Phelan is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English at Ohio State University, USA. His wide-ranging research in narrative theory includes influential studies of literary character, narrative progression, unreliable narration, and the ethics of reading as well as significant fresh interpretations of numerous twentieth-century American and British novels and short stories. The editor of Narrative, the journal International ... Read more
Reviews for Reading the American Novel 1920-2010
“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)