| The Anti-Hero in the American Novel: From Joseph Heller to Kurt Vonnegut 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Simmons, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230603238 ISBN-13: 9780230603233 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: "The Anti-Hero in the American Novel" rereads major texts of the 1960s such as "Catch-22," "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," and "Slaughterhouse 5" to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works, and in the process reasserts the important social impetus that lies behind them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 813.540 |
| LCCN: 2007044445 |
| Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.53" W x 8.58" (0.75 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works. |