A Companion to the Modern American Novel, 1900 - 1950

616 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole.

- Brings together 28 original essays from leading scholars - Allows readers to orient individual works and authors in their principal cultural and social contexts - Contributes to efforts to recover minority voices, such as those of African American novelists, and popular subgenres, such as detective fiction - Directs students to major relevant scholarship for further inquiry - Suggests the many ways that "modern", "American" and "fiction" carry new meanings in the twenty-first century