Title:
American post-modernist novels.
Author:
Salem Press (Salem, Mass.)
Publication Information:
Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, N.Y. : Grey House Publishing, [2013]
Call Number:
PS374.P64 A47 2013
Abstract:
This volume introduces literary contexts as they apply to novels written since 1960 by American and Canadian authors, offering students a working foundation of literary context. Essays on 37 notable post-modernist novels include detailed plot synopsis and main characters, along with symbols and motifs, historical, societal, religious, scientific and technological, and biographical context, and end with discussion questions and essay ideas.
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ISBN:
9781619252103
Series:
Introduction to literary context
Introduction to literary context (Salem Press)
Physical Description:
xii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Alias Grace / The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay / Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret / The bean trees / The bell jar / Beloved / Breathing lessons / Cat's cradle / Different seasons / Do androids dream of electric sheep? / The female man / Fight club / Franny and Zooey / Girl, interrupted / The house on Mango Street / Housekeeping / How the García girls lost their accents / The ice storm / Jailbird / Libra / The midwife's apprentice / Moon palace / Neuromancer / Number the stars / Portnoy's complaint / Rabbit, run / The red tent / Sula / Tar baby / Underworld / The view from Saturday / Walk two moons / White noise / A wrinkle in time / Zombie
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