The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo

Author(s)

• Morley, Catherine

Bibliographic Information

The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo

Catherine Morley

（Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature, 8）

Routledge, 2010, c2009

• : pbk

Note

"First issued in paperback 2010"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [191]-210

Includes index

Contents of Works

• 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

Details

• NCID: BB11454725
• ISBN:
  • 9780415888516
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 218 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS169.E63
  • DC22 : 813/.5409
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Epic literature, American -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : National characteristics, American, in literature
  • LCSH : United States -- In literature
  • LCSH : Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Updike, John. Rabbit Angstrom
  • LCSH : Roth, Philip. American pastoral
  • LCSH : DeLillo, Don. Underworld
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA80179291