Contemporary Reconfigurations of American Literary Classics The Origin and Evolution of American Stories |
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| Author:
| Entzminger, Betina |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-10932-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $58.95 |
Book Description:
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The number and popularity of novels that have overtly reconfigured aspects of classic American texts suggests a curious trend for both readers and writers, an impulse to retell and reread books that have come to define American culture. This book argues that by revising canonical American literature, contemporary American writers are (re)writing
The number and popularity of novels that have overtly reconfigured aspects of classic American texts suggests a curious trend for both readers and writers, an impulse to retell and reread books that have come to define American culture. This book argues that by revising canonical American literature, contemporary American writers are (re)writing