[PDF] A Companion To Twentieth Century United States Fiction eBook

Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444310115

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Through a wide-ranging series of essays and relevant readings, A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction presents an overview of American fiction published since the conclusion of the First World War. Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay

Author : Robert L. Caserio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139828339

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The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body of work, and one of the most important and most widely read genres of literature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published fiction, this Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing that bridge the century's pre- and post-War halves and presents leading critical ideas about English fiction's themes and forms. The essays examine the endurance of modernist style throughout the century, the role of nationality and the contested role of the English language in all its forms, and the relationships between realism and other fictional modes: fantasy, romance, science fiction. Students, scholars and readers will find this Companion an indispensable guide to the history of the English novel.

Author : Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 32,11 MB
Release : 2004-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231504950

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Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

Author : Martha Eulalia Altisent
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 16,86 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1855661748

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The Spanish novel in a turbulent century.

Author : Joshua Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1108838278

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This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.

Author : Robert Paul Lamb
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405178310

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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

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405137347

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This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture

Author : Adam Piette
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0748653937

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The first reference book to deal so fully and incisively with the cultural representations of war in 20th-century English and US literature and film. The volume covers the two World Wars as well as specific conflicts that generated literary and imaginativ

Author : Bryan M. Santin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 14,70 MB
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1009034561

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Surveying the relationship between American politics and the twentieth-century novel, this volume analyzes how political movements, ideas, and events shaped the American novel. It also shows how those political phenomena were shaped in turn by long-form prose fiction.

Author : Frank M. Robinson
Publisher : Collectors Press, Inc.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781888054408

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Newly reprinted and redesigned, this special edition is vividly illustrated with images of film posters, magazines, and books. From dime store novels to pulp magazines, science fiction has chronicled both our hopes for the future and our fear of it.. Learn the story-behind-the-story in this monumental volume documenting 100 years of science fiction. Deeply researched and meticulously documented.