Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. THEOPHILUS SAVVAS teaches in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, UK. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Introduction - 'Nothing but words': Chroniclingand Storytelling in Robert Coover's 'The Public Burning - ''A world inside the world': Don DeLillo's 'Libra' and Latent History - Pynchon Plays Dice: 'Mason & Dixon' and Quantum History - 'A long list of regrettable actions': WilliamT. Vollmann's Symbolic History - 'There is only narrative': E.L. Doctorow - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-29834-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés