Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction

This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.

List of contents

Introduction Joshua L. Miller; Part I. Forms: 1. Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, Microfiction Angela Naimou; 2. Experimental Fiction David James; 3. Speculative Fiction Mark Bould; 4. Graphic Fiction Katalin Orbán; 5. Digital Fiction Scott Rettberg; Part II. Approaches: 6. Afro-Futurism/Afro-Pessimism Candice M. Jenkins; 7. Transpacific Diasporas Julia H. Lee; 8. Hemispheric Routes Mary Pat Brady; 9. Transgender and Transgenre Writing Trish Salah; 10. Climate Fiction Heather Houser; Part III. Themes: 11. Convergence Mark Goble; 12. Dissolution Crystal Parikh; 13. Immobilit Dennis Childs; 14. Insecurity Hamilton Carroll; Further Reading; Index.

About the author

Joshua Miller is Associate Professor of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Modernism (2011), editor of the Cambridge Companion to the American Modernist Novel (2015), and co-editor of Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (2016).

Summary

This is one of the first volumes to systematically analyse the key trends, contexts, and developments of 21st century US fiction. 14 leading scholars in contemporary literary studies discuss the most exciting trends in the genres, themes, and concepts of literature published in the past two decades.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua (University of Michigan Miller
• Assisted by: Joshua Miller (Editor), Joshua (University of Michigan Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108978705
• ISBN: 978-1-108-97870-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); History, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Archaeology, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, History and Archaeology, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides