| Description |
362 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Hero and the world: Modern self in recoil -- Dialectic of initiation in America -- Contemporary scenes: the victim with a thousand faces -- pt. 2. Forms of fiction: Pattern of fictional experience -- Encounter with necessity: Styron, Swados, Mailer -- Qualified encounter: Buechner, Malamud, Ellison -- Encounter with possibility: Gold, Cheever, Donleavy -- pt. 3. Individual talent: Carson McCullers -- Truman Capote -- J.D. Salinger -- Saul Bellow. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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