{"product_id":"a-companion-to-twentiethcentury-united-states-fiction-9781405146913","title":"A Companion to TwentiethCentury United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a wide-ranging series of essays and relevant readings, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e presents an overview of American fiction published since the conclusion of the First World War.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an approachable and accessible style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Seed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Genres, Traditions, and Subject Areas\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 U.S. Modernism 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Hegeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The City Novel 24\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames R. Giles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Western 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeil Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Postmodern U.S. Fiction 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans Bertens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Modern Gothic 60\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarilyn Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Short Story 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Whalan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Southern Fiction 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon Monteith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Jewish American Fiction 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Brauner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 \"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me\": Modern African American Fiction 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. Robert Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 U.S. Detective Fiction 122\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCynthia S. Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Hard-Boiled\/Noir Fiction 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLee Horsley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Chicano Fiction 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Oakley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Black Humor Fiction 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Seed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Fiction on the Vietnam War 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Melling and Subarno Chattarji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Rediscovery of the Native American 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoy Porter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Trash Fiction 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStacey Olster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Selected Writers\u003c\/b\u003e 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Edith Wharton 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePamela Knights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Willa Cather's Entropology: Permanence and Transmission 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuy J. Reynolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gertrude Stein and Seriality 229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUlla Haselstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ernest Hemingway 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Messent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 John Dos Passos 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Hook and David Seed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Thomas Wolfe 261\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Ricketson Zahlan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 F. Scott Fitzgerald 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Blazek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Zora Neale Hurston 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLovalerie King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Theodore Dreiser 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClare Virginia Eby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles A. Peek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 H.D.'s Visionary Prose 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachel Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 John Steinbeck 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Railsback\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Raymond Chandler 332\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSean McCann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Richard Wright 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTara T. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Ralph Ellison 352\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachel Farebrother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 James Baldwin 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. Quentin Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Vladimir Nabokov 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Wyllie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Norman Mailer 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael K. Glenday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 William S. Burroughs 386\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavis Schneiderman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Saul Bellow 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Austin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Gore Vidal 403\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Neilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Joseph Heller 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid M. Craig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Kurt Vonnegut 420\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerome Klinkowitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Thomas Pynchon 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Copestake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Ishmael Reed: American Iconoclast 436\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDarryl Dickson-Carr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Joyce Carol Oates 445\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin Cologne-Brookes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Philip Roth 454\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Parrish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 The Fiction of John Updike: Timely and Timeless 462\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Keener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Maxine Hong Kingston 471\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelena Grice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Toni Morrison 480\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Terry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Alice Walker 489\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaria Lauret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Don DeLillo 497\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Osteen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Gerald Vizenor: Postindian Gamester 505\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. Robert Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Bret Easton Ellis 514\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Annesley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Amy Tan: \"American Circumstances and Chinese Character\" 522\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeidi Slettedahl Macpherson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Paul Auster: Poet of Solitude 530\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Bharati Mukherjee 539\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudie Newman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 547\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529332859223,"sku":"9781405146913","price":50.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405146913.jpg?v=1731875207","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-twentiethcentury-united-states-fiction-9781405146913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}