American Dream, American Nightmare : Fiction since 1960 /

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"Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream." "In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core conc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hume, Kathryn, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Geschichte (1960-1990)
Geschichte 1960-2000.
Amerikaans.
Fictie.
Roman
Success in literature.
Psychological fiction, American.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Literature and society.
Failure (Psychology) in literature.
Economics in literature.
Disappointment in literature.
American fiction.
Succes dans la litterature.
Économie politique dans la litterature.
Deception dans la litterature.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Americains dans la litterature.
Roman psychologique americain > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Échec dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Psychological fiction, American > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream." "In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly disparate and unconnected writers including T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ralph Ellison, Russell Banks, Gloria Naylor, Tim O'Brien, Maxine Hong Kingston, Walker Percy, N. Scott Momaday, John Updike, Toni Morrison, William Kennedy, Julia Alvarez, Thomas Pynchon, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Don DeLillo." "Hume explores fictional treatments of the slippage in the immigrant experience between America's promise and its reality. She exposes the political link between contemporary stories of lost innocence and liberalism's inadequacies. She also invites us to look at the literary challenge to scientific materialism in various searches for a spiritual dimension in life."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780252054136

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