Contemporary Fictions: Essays on American and Postcolonial Narratives

by Judie Newman

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What does it mean to be contemporary? To write contemporary fiction? In this major collection of twenty-five essays Newman interrogates the value of the concept of "the contemporary" as a cultural and literary category, exploring novels and short fiction by American and postcolonial writers, including Marilynne Robinson, John Updike, Saul Bellow, Grace Paley, Nadine Gordimer, J. G. Farrell, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Bharati Mukherjee, Peter H eg, Dalia...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1781883327

ISBN13:9781781883327

Release Date:January 2023

Publisher:Legenda

Length:358 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"

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Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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