The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism [Paperback]

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. Drawing on a variety of works from not only mainstream authors but also those that are arguably unconventional, renowned scholar Linda Wagner-Martin gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through the present day.

Acknowledgments

1 The Origins of the American Postmodern, Barth, Gass, Barthelme

2 The Books that Shaped Directions, Coover, Pynchon, DeLillo, Wallace

3 Other Dominant Authors

4 Postmodernism in Generations

5 Later GenerationsMorrison, Doctorow, Kingston and Chabon

6 The Fusion of Genres in Twenty-First Century Literature

7 9/11 as Insistent Game-Changer

8 Postmodern Writers in the Twenty-First Century

Bibliography

Index

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. The author gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through present day.

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