The American Epic

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Sun Sep 28 11:19:57 CDT 2008


2008/9/28 Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>:
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> The American Epic Novel in the Late Twentieth Century - The Super-genre of the Imperial State - W. Gilbert Adait - Hardcover - english - 9780773452138
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> Summary:
> This study undertakes close readings of four different epic novels of the 1970s: James A. Michener's Centennial (1974), Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song (1979), Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow (1973), and Samuel R. Delany Dhalgren (1975). In these, the author examines the possibilities and pitfalls of the genre and its way of grappling in complex ways with the idea and reality of an American empire.
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> http://www.keenzo.com/showproduct.asp?id=2477694

http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=7252&pc=9

Thanks!



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