American fiction in transition
Subtitle: observer-hero narrative, the 1990s, and postmodernism
By: Adam Kelly
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781441112859; 9781441173744; 9781441135933
Subjects: Point of view (Literature); Narration (Rhetoric); Postmodernism (Literature); American fiction; History and criticism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-141) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tragedy and secrecy : Philip Roth's The human stain; title: Testimony and truth : Paul Auster's Leviathan; title: Narcissism and explanation : Jeffrey Eugenides's The virgin suicides; title: History, time and justice : E.L. Doctorow's The waterworks.