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The Twentieth Century American Fiction Handbook (Blackwell Guides To Literature)

Christopher MacGowan

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical contexts and central issues, as well as the major texts and writers. Provides extensive coverage of short stories and short story writers as well as novels and novelists Discusses the cultural contexts and issues that shape the texts and their reputations Wide-ranging in scope, including science fiction and recent Native American writing Featured writers range from Henry James and Theodore Dresier to Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, and Sherman Alexie Ideal student accompaniment to courses in Twentieth-Century American Literature or Fiction

Language: English

Pages: 390

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release: February 21, 2011

ISBN: 1405160241

ISBN 13: 9781405160247

The Twentieth Century American Fiction Handbook (Blackwell Guides To Literature)

Christopher MacGowan

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical contexts and central issues, as well as the major texts and writers. Provides extensive coverage of short stories and short story writers as well as novels and novelists Discusses the cultural contexts and issues that shape the texts and their reputations Wide-ranging in scope, including science fiction and recent Native American writing Featured writers range from Henry James and Theodore Dresier to Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, and Sherman Alexie Ideal student accompaniment to courses in Twentieth-Century American Literature or Fiction

Language: English

Pages: 390

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release: February 21, 2011

ISBN: 1405160241

ISBN 13: 9781405160247

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