Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction by Lawrie, Alexandra
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Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction by Lawrie, Alexandra

Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction

Edinburgh University Press
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$130.63

Description

Writing the Past in Twenty-First-Century American Fiction examines contemporary novels profoundly shaped by a sense of historical consciousness. Authors including Ben Lerner, Colson Whitehead, Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru and Garth Greenwell each use flashbacks, historical parallels and non-sequential narrative arrangements to emphasise the re-emergence, in a twenty-first-century context, of historical structures and circumstances. This study explores how these frequent moments of temporal slippage amount to a 'falling out of time', as characters are forced to confront the past crises which continue to exert pressure on their own contemporary moment.

Author: Alexandra Lawrie
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781474463447
ISBN10: 1474463444
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 21st Century
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes | Historical Events

About the Author

Alexandra Lawrie is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.