num_pages: 431
description: If recent fiction consisted exclusively of American postmodernists, modern literature would be in deep trouble, contends Birkerts. In this latest gathering of brilliant essays, he examines the decline of humanist faith, a theme that links an international community of writers.
language: English
title: An Artificial Wilderness:Essays On 20th-Century Literature
titlecomplete: An Artificial Wilderness:Essays On 20th-Century Literature
genres: Essays, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 20
publisher: William Morrow and Company