The Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo

by Catherine Morley

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature

ISBN-10 0415961130

ISBN-13 9780415961134

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 25th, 2008

Print length 226 Pages

Weight 472 grams

Dimensions 23.80 x 15.20 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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This volume explores the confluences between two types of literature in contemporary America: the novel and the epic. It analyses the tradition of the epic as it has evolved from antiquity, through Joyce to its American manifestations, and describes how this tradition has impacted upon contemporary American writing.

This volume explores the confluences between two types of literature in contemporary America: the novel and the epic. It analyses the tradition of the epic as it has evolved from antiquity, through Joyce to its American manifestations and describes how this tradition has impacted upon contemporary American writing.

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