The Cambridge companion to twenty-first century American fiction / edited by Joshua L. Miller.
| Other author/creator | Miller, Joshua L., 1971- editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. |
| Description | xxvi, 319 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Cambridge companions to literature Cambridge companions to literature. ^A326514 |
| Contents | Part I. Forms. Short fiction, flash fiction, microfiction / Angela Naimou ; Experimental fiction / David James ; Speculative fiction / Mark Bould ; Graphic fiction / Katalin Orbán ; Digital fiction / Scott Rettberg -- Part II. Approaches. Afro-futurism/Afro-pessimism / Candice M. Jenkins ; Transpacific diasporas / Julia H. Lee ; Hemispheric routes / Mary Pat Brady ; Transgender and transgenre writing / Trish Salah ; Climate fiction / Heather Houser -- Part III. Themes. Convergence / Mark Goble ; Dissolution / Crystal Parikh ; Immobility / Dennis Childs ; Insecurity / Hamilton Carroll. |
| Abstract | "Reading lists, course syllabi, and prizes include the phrase "Twenty-First Century American literature," but no critical consensus exists regarding when the period began, which works typify it, how to conceptualize its aesthetic priorities, and where its geographical boundaries lie. Considerable criticism has been published on this extraordinary era, but little programmatic analysis has assessed comprehensively the literary and critical/theoretical output to help readers navigate the labyrinth of critical pathways. In addition to ensuring broad coverage of many essential texts, The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction offers state-of-the-field analyses of contemporary narrative studies that set the terms of current and future research and teaching. Individual chapters illuminate critical engagements with emergent genres and concepts, including flash fiction, speculative fiction, digital fiction, alternative temporalities, Afro-Futurism, ecocriticism, transgender/queer studies, anticarceral fiction, precarity, and post-9/11 fiction"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cambridge companion to twenty-first century American fiction Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108974288 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| LCCN | 2021027178 |
| ISBN | 9781108838276 hardback |
| ISBN | 1108838278 hardback |
| ISBN | 1108978703 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781108978705 paperback |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS380 .C36 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |