Writing the past in twenty-first-century American fiction /Alexandra Lawrie.
Lawrie, Alexandra,
Writing the past in twenty-first-century American fiction /Alexandra Lawrie. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource (200 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Racism and Contemporary Incarceration in C. E. Morgan and Hari Kunzru -- 2. Ben Lerner and Literary Antecedents of the City -- 3. Dana Spiotta and Political Commitment -- 4. AIDS Activism and Looking Back in Tim Murphy and Garth Greenwell -- 5. Anxious Futures in Colson Whitehead and Omar El Akkad -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Argues for a reawakened commitment to historicity in contemporary American fiction.
9781474463461 9781474463478
GBC2D2926 bnb
020691891 Uk
Historical fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
History in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS374 / .W758 2022
Writing the past in twenty-first-century American fiction /Alexandra Lawrie. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource (200 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Racism and Contemporary Incarceration in C. E. Morgan and Hari Kunzru -- 2. Ben Lerner and Literary Antecedents of the City -- 3. Dana Spiotta and Political Commitment -- 4. AIDS Activism and Looking Back in Tim Murphy and Garth Greenwell -- 5. Anxious Futures in Colson Whitehead and Omar El Akkad -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Argues for a reawakened commitment to historicity in contemporary American fiction.
9781474463461 9781474463478
GBC2D2926 bnb
020691891 Uk
Historical fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
History in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS374 / .W758 2022