American Fictions, 1940-1980: A Comprehensive History and Critical Evaluation

by Frederick R. Karl

Paperback, 1985

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Tags

literature, american literature, 20C literature, literary history, literary criticism, bought, toread1, reading2010

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Joanna Cotler Books (1985), oversized trade paperback, 637 pages

Description

This comprehensive, critical analysis of American novels of the past four decades interprets and evaluates a wide range of writers and works of what Karl views as the first sustained period of "American Modernism."

Subjects

American fiction 20th century History and criticism

Language

English

Physical description

637 p.; 9.1 inches

ISBN

0060911506 / 9780060911508

Local notes

READIN

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