Wilderness city
Subtitle: the post World War II American urban novel from Algren to Wideman
By: by Ted L. Clontz.
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; City and town life in literature; Cities and towns in literature; Inner cities in literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nelson Algren's No exit : the urban jail; title: Ellison and Pynchon : the chaotic and fabulous cities; title: Continuing to redefine the urban time-space; title: Wilderness city; title: Re-imagining the postcolonial city; title: John Edgar Wideman : bringing it all back home.