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)
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Writing the past in twenty-first-century American fiction / Alexandra Lawrie.
1st ed.
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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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Previously issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 4, 2023).
History in literature.
American fiction 21st century History and criticism.
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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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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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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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