The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction
Subtitle: John Updike, Philip Roth and Don Delillo
By: Catherine Morley.
Series: Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature -- 8
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415961134
Subjects: Updike, John; Roth, Philip; DeLillo, Don; Epic literature, American -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical and generic considerations; title: A transnational inheritance: Joycean and American ancestry; title: The bard of everyday domesticity: John Updike's song of America; title: Transnational paternalisms: Philip Roth's post-pastoral American epic; title: Don DeLillo's Underworld as recycled American epic.