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American postmodernist fiction and the past

American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past offers a new way of thinking about how history and the past function in postmodernist fiction of America. Providing close-readings of key texts by Robert Coover, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, William T. Vollmann and E.L. Doctorow, the book traces the development of the postmodernist historical novel, and outlines both the commonalities and the differences in the ways in which these writers utilise the past in their fiction. In so doing, the book not only challenges received assumptions on the relationship between postmodernism and history, but also considers the reasons for the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature.

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  • "American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past offers a new way of thinking about how history and the past function in postmodernist fiction of America. Providing close-readings of key texts by Robert Coover, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, William T. Vollmann and E.L. Doctorow, the book traces the development of the postmodernist historical novel, and outlines both the commonalities and the differences in the ways in which these writers utilise the past in their fiction. In so doing, the book not only challenges received assumptions on the relationship between postmodernism and history, but also considers the reasons for the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature."@en
  • "Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past offers a new way of thinking about how history and the past function in postmodernist fiction of America. Providing close-readings of key texts by Robert Coover, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, William T. Vollmann and E.L. Doctorow, the book traces the development of the postmodernist historical novel, and outlines both the commonalities and the differences in the ways in which these writers utilise the past in their fiction. In so doing, the book not only challenges received assumptions on the relationship between postmodernism and history, but also considers the reasons for the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature."
  • "'American Postmodernist Fiction and the Past offers a new and thought provoking understanding of how a crucial strain of the American historical novel has developed through the postmodern era.' - Paula Geyh, Associate Professor of English, Yeshiva University, USA."

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  • "History"
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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Elektronisches Buch"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
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