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03824aam a2200493 i 4500 001 6ED012FC9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 230526s2024 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023019017 020 $a 0231211279 020 $a 9780231211277 020 $a 0231211260 020 $a 9780231211260 035 $a (OCoLC)1380685784 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d MNN $d IUO $d MNN $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS374.H5 $b M36 2024 082 00 $a 813/.08109054 $2 23/eng/20230712 100 1 $a Manshel, Alexander, $e author. 245 10 $a Writing backwards : $b historical fiction and the reshaping of the American canon / $c Alexander Manshel. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2024] 300 $a xii, 337 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Literature now 520 $a "With novels by Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, Philip Roth, Julia Alvarez, and Viet Thanh Nguyen, historical fiction has become a, if not the dominant genre in literary fiction. In the 1980s and 1990s, the American literary field fundamentally reorganized itself around historical fiction and the cultural, pedagogical, and political value of history. This decisive turn toward the past has both motivated, and been motivated by, the increasing recognition of Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native writers within the literary canon. Alexander Manshel provides a new history of literary multiculturalism that recognizes the central place of the historical novel, as well as the central role of literary institutions that have privileged historical recovery over present political struggle. While the increasingly diverse literary canon has much to do with the trajectory of national politics, it depends far more on funding organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, literary prizes like the National Book Award, and the scholarship and syllabi of university English departments. Manshel investigates how the shifting priorities of these institutions have reshaped the history of American literature over the last forty years, documenting not only how the newly inclusive literary canon came to exist but also what, and who, it still excludes. The book concludes by looking at works by writers such as Paul Beatty, Jesmyn Ward, Tommy Orange, and Valeria Luiselli as offering a kind of challenge to the "historical" turn in U.S. fiction"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Contemporary fiction in reverse -- The making of the greatest generation -- Colson Whitehead's history of the United States -- Reading the family tree -- The rise of the recent historical novel -- Coda: excavating the present. 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a Historical fiction, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Canon (Literature) 650 7 $a American fiction $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a Canon (Literature) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00845906 650 7 $a Historical fiction, American $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00957990 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a Literary criticism $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01986215 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Critiques litteÌraires. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000001939 776 08 $i Online version: $a Manshel, Alexander. $t Writing backwards $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] $z 9780231558822 $w (DLC) 2023019018 830 0 $a Literature now 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219012107.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6ED012FC9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search