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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rachel Sykes, Sykes Rachel
• Con la collaborazione di: Sharon Monteith (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781526108876
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0887-6
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Cana; Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Cana
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, DRAMA / Women Authors, Literature & literary studies, 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, Literature: history and criticism, Biography, Literature and Literary studies