The Cambridge Introduction to Contemporary American Fiction

• Main Author: Olster, Stacey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: American fiction > History and criticism > 20th century; American fiction > History and criticism > 21st century
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• Physical Description: ix, 257 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781107049215

The Cambridge Introduction to Contemporary American Fiction explores fiction written over the last thirty years in the context of the profound political, historical, and cultural changes that have distinguished the contemporary period. Focusing on both established and emerging writers - and with chapters devoted to the American historical novel, regional realism, the American political novel, the end of the Cold War and globalization, 9/11, borderlands and border identities, race, and the legacy of postmodern aesthetics - this Introduction locates contemporary American fiction at the intersection of a specific time and long-standing traditions. In the process, it investigates the entire concept of what constitutes an "American" author while exploring the vexed, yet resilient, nature of what the concept of home has come to signify in so much writing today. This wide-ranging study will be invaluable to students, instructors, and general readers alike.