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Outside, America : the temporal turn in contemporary American fiction /

The idea of the ""outside"" as a space of freedom has always been central in the literature of the United States. This concept still remains active in contemporary American fiction; however, its function is being significantly changed. Outside, America argues that, among contempo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fujii, Hikaru
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
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  • Writing from a different now: Question of ahistorical time in contemporary Los Angeles fiction.