Writing Backwards - Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon

Writing Backwards explores what the dominance of historical fiction in the contemporary canon reveals about American literary culture.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Contemporary Fiction in Reverse
2. The Making of the Greatest Generation
3. Colson Whitehead’s History of the United States
4. Reading the Family Tree
5. The Rise of the Recent Historical Novel
Coda: Excavating the Present
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Info autore

Alexander Manshel is an assistant professor of English at McGill University.

Riassunto

Writing Backwards explores what the dominance of historical fiction in the contemporary canon reveals about American literary culture.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexander Manshel
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.11.2023
• EAN: 9780231211260
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21126-0
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Literature Now
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Education, History, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary Criticism, Literary studies: from c 2000