Quiet Contemporary American Novel

This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction.

List of contents

Introduction
1 The quiet novel
2 '9/11' and the aesthetic of noise in contemporary fiction
3 Quiet in time and narrative
4 The quiet novel of cognition
5 The novel of '(dis)quiet'
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Rachel Sykes is Lecturer in Contemporary American Literature at the University of Birmingham

Summary

This book explores the concept of ‘quiet’ – an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles – and argues for the term’s application to the study of contemporary American fiction. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Sykes
• Assisted by: Sharon Monteith (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781526108876
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0887-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Cana; Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Cana
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies