{"product_id":"reading-the-american-novel-19202010-9780631230670","title":"Reading the American Novel 19202010","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers detailed analyses of landmark novels based on a clearly laid out set of tools for analyzing narrative form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a valuable overview of twentieth- and early twenty-first century American literary history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides analyses of numerous core texts including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Sound and the Fury, The Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRelates these individual novels to the broader artistic movements of modernism and postmodernism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains and applies key principles of rhetorical reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous cross-novel comparisons and contrasts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is an excellent book.”  (\u003ci\u003ePrimary Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e,1 March 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Reading the American Novelis also a rich experience, both in terms of the novels discussed and in terms of their literary-critical examination.”  (\u003ci\u003ePartial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e,13 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reading the American Novel, 1920–2010 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 Principles of Rhetorical Reading 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Age of Innocence (1920): Bildung and the Ethics of Desire 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Great Gatsby (1925): Character Narration, Temporal Order, and Tragedy 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Farewell to Arms (1929): Bildung, Tragedy, and the Rhetoric of Voice 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Sound and the Fury (1929): Portrait Narrative as Tragedy 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937): Bildung and the Rhetoric and Politics of Voice 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Invisible Man (1952): Bildung, Politics, and Rhetorical Design 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Lolita (1955): The Ethics of the Telling and the Ethics of the Told 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Crying of Lot 49 (1966): Mimetic Protagonist,\u003cbr\u003e Thematic–Synthetic Storyworld 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Beloved (1987): Sethe’s Choice and Morrison’s Ethical Challenge 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Freedom (2010): Realism after Postmodernism 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 261\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525935735127,"sku":"9780631230670","price":66.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631230670.jpg?v=1731862292","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-the-american-novel-19202010-9780631230670","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}