Author: Joshua Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction
Author: Joshua Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature
Author: Yogita Goyal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107085209
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This book provides a new map of American literature in the global era, analyzing the multiple meanings of transnationalism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107085209
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This book provides a new map of American literature in the global era, analyzing the multiple meanings of transnationalism.
A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914
Author: Robert Paul Lamb
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405178310
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405178310
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction
The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
Author: Travis M. Foster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110889609X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The human body has been depicted in a variety of ways across a range of cultural and historical locations. It has been described, variously, as a biological entity, clothing for the soul, a site of cultural production, a psychosexual construct, and a material encumbrance. Each of these different approaches brings with it a range of anthropological, political, theological, and psychological discourses that explore and construct identities and subject positions. This Companion examines connections between American literature and bodies from the eighteenth century through the present. It reveals the singular way that literature can help us understand the body's entanglement within social and biological influences, and it traces the body's existence within histories of race, gender, and ability. This volume details the genres, critical fields, and interpretive practices that best facilitate the analysis of bodies in the full span of American literary imaginings.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110889609X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The human body has been depicted in a variety of ways across a range of cultural and historical locations. It has been described, variously, as a biological entity, clothing for the soul, a site of cultural production, a psychosexual construct, and a material encumbrance. Each of these different approaches brings with it a range of anthropological, political, theological, and psychological discourses that explore and construct identities and subject positions. This Companion examines connections between American literature and bodies from the eighteenth century through the present. It reveals the singular way that literature can help us understand the body's entanglement within social and biological influences, and it traces the body's existence within histories of race, gender, and ability. This volume details the genres, critical fields, and interpretive practices that best facilitate the analysis of bodies in the full span of American literary imaginings.
The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction
Author: Eric Carl Link
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107052467
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107052467
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-first Century American Fiction
Author: Joshua L. Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108974288
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Reading lists, course syllabi, and prizes include the phrase "Twenty-First Century American literature," but no critical consensus exists regarding when the period began, which works typify it, how to conceptualize its aesthetic priorities, and where its geographical boundaries lie. Considerable criticism has been published on this extraordinary era, but little programmatic analysis has assessed comprehensively the literary and critical/theoretical output to help readers navigate the labyrinth of critical pathways. In addition to ensuring broad coverage of many essential texts, The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction offers state-of-the-field analyses of contemporary narrative studies that set the terms of current and future research and teaching. Individual chapters illuminate critical engagements with emergent genres and concepts, including flash fiction, speculative fiction, digital fiction, alternative temporalities, Afro-Futurism, ecocriticism, transgender/queer studies, anticarceral fiction, precarity, and post-9/11 fiction"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108974288
Category : LITERARY CRITICISM
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Reading lists, course syllabi, and prizes include the phrase "Twenty-First Century American literature," but no critical consensus exists regarding when the period began, which works typify it, how to conceptualize its aesthetic priorities, and where its geographical boundaries lie. Considerable criticism has been published on this extraordinary era, but little programmatic analysis has assessed comprehensively the literary and critical/theoretical output to help readers navigate the labyrinth of critical pathways. In addition to ensuring broad coverage of many essential texts, The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction offers state-of-the-field analyses of contemporary narrative studies that set the terms of current and future research and teaching. Individual chapters illuminate critical engagements with emergent genres and concepts, including flash fiction, speculative fiction, digital fiction, alternative temporalities, Afro-Futurism, ecocriticism, transgender/queer studies, anticarceral fiction, precarity, and post-9/11 fiction"--
The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern American Fiction
Author: Paula Geyh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108179444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Few previous periods in the history of American literature could rival the richness of the postmodern era - the diversity of its authors, the complexity of its ideas and visions, and the multiplicity of its subjects and forms. This volume offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the American fiction of this remarkable period. It traces the development of postmodern American fiction over the past half-century and explores its key aesthetic, cultural, and political contexts. It examines its principal styles and genres, from the early experiments with metafiction to the most recent developments, such as the graphic novel and digital fiction, and offers concise, compelling readings of many of its major works. An indispensable resource for students, scholars, and the general reader, the Companion both highlights the extraordinary achievements of postmodern American fiction and provides illuminating critical frameworks for understanding it.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108179444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Few previous periods in the history of American literature could rival the richness of the postmodern era - the diversity of its authors, the complexity of its ideas and visions, and the multiplicity of its subjects and forms. This volume offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the American fiction of this remarkable period. It traces the development of postmodern American fiction over the past half-century and explores its key aesthetic, cultural, and political contexts. It examines its principal styles and genres, from the early experiments with metafiction to the most recent developments, such as the graphic novel and digital fiction, and offers concise, compelling readings of many of its major works. An indispensable resource for students, scholars, and the general reader, the Companion both highlights the extraordinary achievements of postmodern American fiction and provides illuminating critical frameworks for understanding it.
The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing
Author: Alfred Bendixen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521861098
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
A stimulating overview of American journeys from the eighteenth century to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521861098
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
A stimulating overview of American journeys from the eighteenth century to the present.
The Cambridge Companion to American Civil Rights Literature
Author: Julie Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107059836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This Companion brings together leading scholars to examine the significant traditions, genres, and themes of civil rights literature.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107059836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This Companion brings together leading scholars to examine the significant traditions, genres, and themes of civil rights literature.
The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First-Century American Poetry
Author: Timothy Yu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108482090
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to studying the diversity of American poetry in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108482090
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to studying the diversity of American poetry in the twenty-first century.