{"product_id":"the-twentieth-century-american-fiction-handbook-isbn-9781405160230","title":"The Twentieth-Century American Fiction Handbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessibly structured with entries on important historical contexts, central issues, key texts and the major writers, this Handbook provides an engaging overview of twentieth-century American fiction.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Featured writers range from Henry James and Theodore Dreiser to contemporary figures such as Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Pynchon, and Sherman Alexie, and analyses of key works include \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby, Lolita, The Color Purple,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Relevant contexts for these works, such as the impact of Hollywood, the expatriate scene in the 1920s, and the political unrest of the 1960s are also explored, and their importance discussed.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a stimulating overview of twentieth-century American fiction, offering invaluable guidance and essential information for students and general readers.  Acknowledgments.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Use This Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology: Significant Dates and Events, 1900–2000.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Historical Contexts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Scene, c.1900.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpatriates: 1920s and Beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting the Depression: The 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-war Alienation, Experiment, and Alternatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMulticultural America: Borders, Tradition, and Identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Major Writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry James (1843–1916).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdith Wharton (1862–1937).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheodore Dreiser (1871–1945).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilla Cather (1873–1947).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGertrude Stein (1874–1946).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinclair Lewis (1885–1951).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaymond Chandler (1888–1959).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZora Neale Hurston (1891–1960).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Dos Passos (1896–1970).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Faulkner (1897–1962).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErnest Hemingway (1899–1961).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov (1899–1977).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Wolfe (1900–1938).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Steinbeck (1902–1968).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNathanael West (1903–1940).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Wright (1908–1960).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs (1914–1997).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaul Bellow (1915–2005).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorman Mailer (1923–2007).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Baldwin (1924–1987).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Barth (b.1930).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToni Morrison (b.1931).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Updike (1932–2009).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilip Roth (b.1933).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon DeLillo (b.1936).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Pynchon (b.1937).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates (b.1938).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaymond Carver (1938–1988).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLouise Erdrich (b.1954).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSherman Alexie (b.1966).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Key Texts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie (1900).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry James, The Wings of the Dove (1902).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilla Cather, My Antonia (1918).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio (1919).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinclair Lewis, Babbitt (1922).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErnest Hemingway, In Our Time (1925).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (1929).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDjuna Barnes, Nightwood (1937).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Wright, Native Son (1940).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1951).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlannery O’Connor, Wise Blood (1952).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRalph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac, On the Road (1957).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1958).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Heller, Catch-22 (1961).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch (1962).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaul Bellow, Herzog (1964).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 (1966).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint (1969).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlice Walker, The Color Purple (1982).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (1984).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Gibson, Neuromancer (1984).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon DeLillo, White Noise (1985).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToni Morrison, Beloved (1987).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmy Tan, The Joy Luck Club (1989).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Themes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace and American Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Short Story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHollywood and American Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Twentieth-Century American Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuide to Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This comprehensive guide to American fiction in the twentieth century provides a wealth of information on contemporary writers and their writings.\" (Booknews, 1 June 2011)  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher MacGowan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the College of William and Mary, USA. His numerous publications include work on William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Sherwood Anderson, Ford Madox Ford, and Vladimir Nabokov.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAccessibly structured with entries on important historical contexts, central issues, key texts and the major writers, this Handbook provides an engaging overview of twentieth-century American fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeatured writers range from Henry James and Theodore Dreiser to contemporary figures such as Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Pynchon, and Sherman Alexie, and analyses of key works include \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby, Lolita, The Color Purple,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club,\u003c\/i\u003e among others. Relevant contexts for these works, such as the impact of Hollywood, the expatriate scene in the 1920s, and the political unrest of the 1960s are also explored, and their importance discussed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a stimulating overview of twentieth-century American fiction, offering invaluable guidance and essential information for students and general readers.   \"In this wonderful book, Christopher MacGowan combines a comprehensive survey of major trends and themes with a series of lucid and focussed essays on significant writers and texts. Offering a lively and deeply informed introduction to American fiction of the twentieth century, this is essential reading for students of the subject at any level, and for anyone else interested in learning more about a vital period in American literary history.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRichard Gray\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Essex  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the very few indispensible companions to a huge and complex field. Its coverage of key writers and works is impressive.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDavid Seed\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Liverpool\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990358442213,"sku":"NP9781405160230","price":89.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405160230.jpg?v=1761787501","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-twentieth-century-american-fiction-handbook-isbn-9781405160230","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}