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Author:

Morley, Catherine, 1977-

Title:

The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo / Catherine Morley.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

viii, 218 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature
United States--In literature
Literature and history--United States--History--20th century.
Updike, John.--Rabbit Angstrom.
Roth, Philip.--American pastoral.
DeLillo, Don.--Underworld.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-210) and index.

Contents:

Theoretical and generic considerations -- A transnational inheritance: Joycean and American ancestry -- The bard of everyday domesticity: John Updike's song of America -- Transnational paternalisms: Philip Roth's post-pastoral American epic -- Don DeLillo's Underworld as recycled American epic.

Series:

Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 8

ISBN:

0415961130
9780415961134

OCLC:

(OCoLC)226212841

LCCN:

2008016536

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)