The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo
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The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo
（Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature, 8）
Routledge, 2009
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Bibliography: p. [191]-210
Includes index
収録内容
- Theoretical and generic considerations
- A transnational inheritance : Joycean and American ancestry
- The bard of everyday domesticity : John Updike's song of America
- Transnational paternalisms : Philip Roth's post-pastoral American epic
- Don DeLillo's Underworld as recycled American epic
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This volume explores the confluences between two types of literature in contemporary America: the novel and the epic. It analyses the tradition of the epic as it has evolved from antiquity, through Joyce to its American manifestations and describes how this tradition has impacted upon contemporary American writing.
目次
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Theoretical and Generic Considerations
Chapter Two: A Transnational Inheritance: Joycean and American Ancestry
Chapter Three: The Bard of Everyday Domesticity: John Updike's Song of America
Chapter Four: Transnational Paternalisms: Philip Roth's Post-Pastoral American Epic
Chapter Five: Don DeLillo's Underworld as Recycled American Epic
Conclusion: New American Vistas
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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