The classical tradition in modern American fiction

By:

Roynon, Tessa [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Description: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781474434058

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LOC classification:

PN56 .C537 2021

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Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Greek and Roman Presences in the Modern American Novel -- 1. Willa Cather ( 1873-1946) -- Cather and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- My Ántonia (1918) -- The Professor's House (1925) -- Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) -- 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald ( 1896-1940) -- Fitzgerald and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- This Side of Paradise (1920) -- The Great Gatsby (1925) -- Tender Is the Night (1934) -- 3. William Faulkner ( 1897-1962) -- Faulkner and the Classics

Light in August (1932) -- Absalom, Absalom! (1936) -- Go Down, Moses (1942) -- 4. Ralph Ellison ( 1913-94) -- Ellison and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Invisible Man (1952) -- Three Days Before the Shooting . . . Part I (2010) -- Three Days Before the Shooting . . . Part II: 'Hickman in Washington DC' (2010) -- 5. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) -- Morrison and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debat -- Song of Solomon (1977) -- Beloved (1987) -- Jazz (1992) -- 6. Philip Roth (1933-2018) -- Roth and the Classics

American Pastoral (1997) -- I Married a Communist (1998) -- The Human Stain (2000) -- 7. Marilynne Robinson ( 1943- ) -- Robinson and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Housekeeping (1980) -- Gilead (2004) -- Home (2008) -- Conclusion: The Diversity of Modern American Fiction's Classicism -- Appendices -- Glossary of Classical Terms Used in this Book -- Resources on Classical Antiquity -- Works Cited -- Index

Subject: This book is an invaluable survey of the allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven major modern American novelists: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Marilynne Robinson.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Greek and Roman Presences in the Modern American Novel -- 1. Willa Cather ( 1873-1946) -- Cather and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- My Ántonia (1918) -- The Professor's House (1925) -- Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) -- 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald ( 1896-1940) -- Fitzgerald and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- This Side of Paradise (1920) -- The Great Gatsby (1925) -- Tender Is the Night (1934) -- 3. William Faulkner ( 1897-1962) -- Faulkner and the Classics

The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Light in August (1932) -- Absalom, Absalom! (1936) -- Go Down, Moses (1942) -- 4. Ralph Ellison ( 1913-94) -- Ellison and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Invisible Man (1952) -- Three Days Before the Shooting . . . Part I (2010) -- Three Days Before the Shooting . . . Part II: 'Hickman in Washington DC' (2010) -- 5. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) -- Morrison and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debat -- Song of Solomon (1977) -- Beloved (1987) -- Jazz (1992) -- 6. Philip Roth (1933-2018) -- Roth and the Classics

The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- American Pastoral (1997) -- I Married a Communist (1998) -- The Human Stain (2000) -- 7. Marilynne Robinson ( 1943- ) -- Robinson and the Classics -- The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate -- Housekeeping (1980) -- Gilead (2004) -- Home (2008) -- Conclusion: The Diversity of Modern American Fiction's Classicism -- Appendices -- Glossary of Classical Terms Used in this Book -- Resources on Classical Antiquity -- Works Cited -- Index

This book is an invaluable survey of the allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven major modern American novelists: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Marilynne Robinson.

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