Title The Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages) Series Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature. Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Theoretical and Generic Considerations; 2 A Transnational Inheritance; 3 The Bard of Everyday Domesticity: John Updike's Song of America; 4 Transnational Paternalisms: Philip Roth's Post-Pastoral American Epic; 5 Don DeLillo's Underworld as Recycled American Epic; Conclusion: New American Vistas; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary 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 Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism DeLillo, Don. -- Underworld Epic literature, American -- History and criticism Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century National characteristics, American, in literature. Roth, Philip. -- American pastoral Updike, John. -- Rabbit Angstrom Literature and history American fiction Epic literature, American National characteristics, American, in literature United States Genre/Form History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203889534 0203889533

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