Writing the past in twenty-first-century American fiction / / Alexandra Lawrie.
'Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction' examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors - including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell - each use flashbacks, historical parallels and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s) |
Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2022. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Racism and Contemporary Incarceration in C. E. Morgan and Hari Kunzru -- 2. Ben Lerner and Literary Antecedents of the City -- 3. Dana Spiotta and Political Commitment -- 4. AIDS Activism and Looking Back in Tim Murphy and Garth Greenwell -- 5. Anxious Futures in Colson Whitehead and Omar El Akkad -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | 'Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction' examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors - including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell - each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential narrative arrangements to emphasise the re-emergence, in a twenty-first-century context, of historical structures and circumstances. |
Audience: | Specialized. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1474463479 1474463460 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alexandra Lawrie. |