«We Search the Past ... for Our Own Lost Selves. » Representations of Historical Experience in Recent American Fiction |
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| Author:
| Koval, Marta |
| Series title: | Gdansk Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-62610-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $82.95 |
Book Description:
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The book is a study of the most recent American fiction, published at the turn of the 21th century, which demonstrates a renewed interest in the matters of history. The author points at the ways in which subjective history has been created in the new «novel about history», written by such authors as William Gass, Richard Powers and Nicholson Baker.
The book is a study of the most recent American fiction, published at the turn of the 21th century, which demonstrates a renewed interest in the matters of history. The author points at the ways in which subjective history has been created in the new «novel about history», written by such authors as William Gass, Richard Powers and Nicholson Baker.