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Catherine Morley
Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction [PDF ebook]
John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo

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Pokrywa Catherine Morley: Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction (PDF)

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.

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Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● Strony 226 ● ISBN 9780203889534 ● Wydawca Taylor and Francis ● Opublikowany 2008 ● Do pobrania 6 czasy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 2299353 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM

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