| Description |
1 online resource (335 pages). |
| Series |
Transcript lettre
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Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
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| Note |
Originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis--Universität Bielefeld, 2015. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Contemporary American (Literary) Studies, the Spatial Turn and Narrativity -- 2. Key Tropes of Space in U.S.-American Cultural History -- 3. Literary Tradition: Space in Earlier Periods of U.S.-American Literature -- 4. Re-Thinking Narrative Theory for Contemporary Literature -- 5. Jonathan Franzen: The Corrections -- 6. Toni Morrison's African American History Trilogy -- 7. Luis Alberto Urrea: Into the Beautiful North -- 8. Sherman Alexie: Reservation Blues -- 9. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"This book focuses on the pivotal role which space and spatiality assume in plot and narrative discourse of contemporary U.S.-American literary narratives. Embarking from a new, spatialized approach to cultural history and particularly narrative theory that might also prove useful for neighboring philologies, Marcel Thoene hypothesizes that the canon of novels selected represents a dialectic of simultaneous affirmation and subversion of the American space myth. This results in an integrative and emancipatory function of space reflecting the current dynamic toward a more transcultural, diverse and conflictive post-national U.S.-American society"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Space in literature.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thoene, Marcel. Toward diversity and emancipation. Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016] 9783837635089 (OCoLC)961820059 |
| ISBN |
9783839435083 (pdf) |
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3839435080 (pdf) |
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9783837635089 (paperback) |
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3837635082 (paperback) |
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