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1 online resource (297 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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BAAS Paperbacks Ser.
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BAAS paperbacks.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Greek and Roman Presences in the Modern American Novel -- 1. Willa Cather (1873-1946) -- Cather and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- My Ántonia (1918) -- The Professor's House (1925) -- Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) -- 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) -- Fitzgerald and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- This Side of Paradise (1920) -- The Great Gatsby (1925) -- Tender Is the Night (1934) -- 3. William Faulkner (1897-1962) -- Faulkner and the Classics |
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The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Light in August (1932) -- Absalom, Absalom! (1936) -- Go Down, Moses (1942) -- 4. Ralph Ellison (1913-94) -- Ellison and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Invisible Man (1952) -- Three Days Before the Shooting ... Part I (2010) -- Three Days Before the Shooting ... Part II: 'Hickman in Washington DC' (2010) -- 5. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) -- Morrison and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debat -- Song of Solomon (1977) -- Beloved (1987) -- Jazz (1992) -- 6. Philip Roth (1933-2018) -- Roth and the Classics |
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The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- American Pastoral (1997) -- I Married a Communist (1998) -- The Human Stain (2000) -- 7. Marilynne Robinson (1943- ) -- Robinson and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Housekeeping (1980) -- Gilead (2004) -- Home (2008) -- Conclusion: The Diversity of Modern American Fiction's Classicism -- Appendices -- Glossary of Classical Terms Used in this Book -- Resources on Classical Antiquity -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is an invaluable survey of the allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven major modern American novelists: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Marilynne Robinson. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Classicism in literature.
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Classicism in literature. |
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American fiction.
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American fiction. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Roynon, Tessa. Classical Tradition in Modern American Fiction. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021 9781474434058 |
| ISBN |
1474434053 |
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9781474434058 (electronic book) |
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1474434045 |
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9781474434041 |
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