Aging Masculinity in the American Novel

Informationen zum Autor By Alex Hobbs Klappentext Drawing on literary examples, this book helps readers better understand the full range of issues that older men face-from legacy and loss to health issues and grace. Looking at how older men's lives are documented in American fiction, the author examines works by some of the most important names in contemporary literature including Don DeLillo, Jonathan Franzen, Cormac McCarthy, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth, Jane Smiley, Anne Tyler, and John Updike.

Product details

• Authors: Hobbs, Alex Hobbs, Hobbs Alex
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2016
• EAN: 9781442266780
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6678-0
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Contemporary American Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, masculinity in literature;studies in masculinity