| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 390 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell literature handbooks |
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Blackwell literature handbooks.
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| Contents |
Historical contexts -- Major writers -- Key texts -- Themes |
| Summary |
This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical contexts and central issues, as well as the major texts and writers; Provides extensive coverage of short stories and short story writers as well as novels and novelists; Discusses the cultural contexts and issues that shape the texts and their reputations; Wide-ranging in scope, including science fiction and recent Native American writing; Featured writers range from Henry James and Theodore Dresier to Toni Morrison, Don DeLillo, and Sherm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1405160233 |
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1444393650 |
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1444393677 |
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9781405160230 |
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9781405160247 |
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9781444393651 |
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1405160241 |
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9781444393675 |
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