Coming of age in contemporary American fiction /

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This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel, or the Bildungsroman. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood, often pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Millard, Kenneth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
Temas:
1900-1999
Bildungsromans, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Roman d'éducation américain > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
American fiction.
Bildungsromans, American.
Bildungsroman
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Russell Banks, Rule of the bone
  • Brady Udall, The miracle life of Edgar Mint
  • Geoffrey Wolff, The age of consent
  • Gish Jen, Mona in the promised land
  • Jeffrey Eugenides, The virgin suicides
  • Rick Moody, Purple America
  • Scott Bradfield, The history of luminous motion
  • Mark Richard, Fishboy
  • Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
  • Josephine Humphreys, Rich in love
  • Dorothy Allison, Bastard out of Carolina
  • Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac nation.

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