American Fiction Since 1940

ISBN-13: 9780582493506 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 302 str.

Anthony Channell Hilfer; Tony Hilfer

Opis

Part of the "Longman Literature in English" series, this text examines American fiction between 1940 and 1991. Amongst the areas covered are the emergence of African American Fiction, Southern Fiction, Jewish American Fiction, postmodernism as Black humour and fiction by women.

Spis treści

Editor'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

O autorze

Tony Hilfer