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Reading the American novel 1920-2010 / James Phelan.
| Author/creator | Phelan, James, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Reading the American novel, 1920-2010 -- Principles of rhetorical reading -- The Age of Innocence (1920): bildung and the ethics of desire -- The Great Gatsby (1925): character narration, temporal order, and tragedy -- A Farewell to Arms (1929): bildung, tragedy, and the rhetoric of voice -- The Sound and the Fury (1929): portrait narrative as tragedy -- Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937): bildung and the rhetoric and politics of voice -- Invisible Man (1952): bildung, politics, and rhetorical design -- Lolita (1955): the ethics of the telling and the ethics of the told -- The Crying of Lot 49 (1966): mimetic protagonist, thematic-synthetic storyworld -- Beloved (1987): Sethe's choice and Morrison's ethical challenge -- Freedom (2010): realism after postmodernism. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Phelan, James, 1951- Reading the American novel 1920-2010 Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 9781118512869 |
| LCCN | 2012046829 |
| ISBN | 9780631230670 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 063123067X (cloth) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS379 .P49 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |