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American unexceptionalism : the everyman and the suburban novel after 9/11 /

American Unexceptionalism examines a constellation of post-9/11 novels that revolve around white middle-class male suburbanites, thus following a tradition established by writers such as John Updike and John Cheever. Focusing closely on recent works by Richard Ford, Chang-Rae Lee, Jonathan Franzen,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knapp, Kathy, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2014]
Colección:New American canon.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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