Description |
xiv, 215 pages ; 24 cm |
Note |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-201). |
Contents |
1. A disruption of sensibility: A last millennial variant -- A long-distance affair -- An end to ideology -- 2. Transition to post-modernism: Norman Mailer and a new frontier in fiction: From liberalism to new historicism -- Process on display -- Process on record -- End of an era -- 3. Thomas Pynchon: an interface of history and science: Puritan heritage -- An entropic theory of history -- Mediating between the strands -- 4. John Barth: Clio as kin to Calliope: Eden revisited -- Literary legacy -- A nonrevolutionary novel -- Conclusion: "Subjective historicism." |
Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Historical fiction, American. |
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Political fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Political fiction, American. |
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Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Postmodernism (Literature) |
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United States. |
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Memory in literature.
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Memory in literature. |
Indexed Term |
Fiction in English American writers, 1900- - Critical studies |
ISBN |
0521363837 |
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0226775453 paperback |
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