The Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction
Catherine (Oxford Brookes University, UK) Morley
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008
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This volume explores the confluences between two types of literature in contemporary America: the novel and the epic. It analyses the tradition of the epic as it has evolved from antiquity, through Joyce to its American manifestations, and describes how this tradition has impacted upon contemporary American writing.
- ISBN-13
- 9780415961134
- ISBN-10
- 0415961130
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Year
- 2008
- Publication date
- 2008-09-25
- Pages
- 226
- Dimensions
- 238x152x20
- Weight
- 472