Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction

Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential...

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1. Verfasser:	Lawrie, Alexandra
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2022
Ausgabe:	1
Schlagworte:	21st Century American fiction American Studies Biography, Literature and Literary studies History in literature Language & Literature Literary Criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events Literary Studies Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism Modern Literary Studies
ISBN:	9781474463447, 1474463444, 9781474463478, 1474463479, 9781474463461, 1474463460
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Zusammenfassung:	Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential narrative arrangements to emphasise the re-emergence, in a twenty-first-century context, of historical structures and circumstances. This study explores how these frequent moments of temporal slippage amount to a ‘falling out of time’, as characters are forced to confront the past crises which continue to exert pressure on their own contemporary moment.
Bibliographie:	MODID-49e8e26250d:KU Open Services MODID-d90e593d3e2:Edinburgh University Press MODID-00000000488:Knowledge Unlatched
ISBN:	9781474463447 1474463444 9781474463478 1474463479 9781474463461 1474463460
DOI:	10.1515/9781474463461