Reading the American novel 1920-2010 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Phelan, James, 1951-
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.
• Σειρά: Reading the novel.
• Θέματα: 1900-1999; American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.; Books and reading > United States.; LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.; American fiction.; Books and reading.; American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism.; Books and reading - United States.; United States.; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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-...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Reading the American novel, 1920-2010
• Principles of rhetorical reading
• The Age of Innocence (1920): bildung and the ethics of desire
• The Great Gatsby (1925): character narration, temporal order, and tragedy
• A Farewell to Arms (1929): bildung, tragedy, and the rhetoric of voice
• The Sound and the Fury (1929): portrait narrative as tragedy
• Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937): bildung and the rhetoric and politics of voice
• Invisible Man (1952): bildung, politics, and rhetorical design
• Lolita (1955): the ethics of the telling and the ethics of the told
• The Crying of Lot 49 (1966): mimetic protagonist, thematic-synthetic storyworld
• Beloved (1987): Sethe's choice and Morrison's ethical challenge
• Freedom (2010): realism after postmodernism.