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The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism By Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism by Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

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The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. The author gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through present day.

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism Summary

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism by Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. Drawing on a variety of works from not only mainstream authors but also those that are arguably unconventional, renowned scholar Linda Wagner-Martin gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through the present day.

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism Reviews

The concept of postmodernism has been prominent in the scholarly discourse of the past five decades, a fact that might lead a reader to question the need for yet another introduction to it. Nevertheless, Linda Wagner-Martin's work is invaluable to that ongoing discussion because it largely transcends the thorny debate over postmodernism's conceptual and temporal boundaries. Instead, she summarizes a range of ways in which critics have defined postmodernism and traces the applicability of each one through several generations of American literary artists from the late 1950s until the late 2010s. Without ignoring the cultural polemics that surround the term, she succeeds in surveying postmodernism as a vital and multifaceted aesthetic. -- Derek C. Maus, SUNY Potsdam

About Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Linda Wagner-Martin is Frank Borden Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature emerita, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. A former Guggenheim fellow, a senior NEH fellow, and a Rockefeller Institute fellow, she received the Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literature in 2012. Among her recent books are John Steinbeck: A Literary Life, Maya Angelou: Adventurous Spirit, and Hemingway's Wars: The Public and Private Battles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1 The Origins of the American Postmodern, Barth, Gass, Barthelme

2 The Books that Shaped Directions, Coover, Pynchon, DeLillo, Wallace

3 Other Dominant Authors

4 Postmodernism in Generations

5 Later Generations-Morrison, Doctorow, Kingston and Chabon

6 The Fusion of Genres in Twenty-First Century Literature

7 9/11 as Insistent Game-Changer

8 Postmodern Writers in the Twenty-First Century

Bibliography

Index

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NPB9781138746626
9781138746626
1138746622
The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism by Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Routledge Introductions to American Literature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2018-10-09
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