Wilderness City: The Post-War American Urban Novel from Nelson Algren to John Edger Wideman
The books seeks to examine changes in the U.S.—literary, aesthetic, and social—as represented in novels set in an environment where the gamut of ethnicities and their often differing views of literature and culture that make up the U.S. are more generally found, using the theories and concepts of Mikhail Bakhtin, particularly his concept of the chronotope , or spacetime .
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Wilderness City: The Post-War American Urban Novel from Nelson Algren to John Edger Wideman
The books seeks to examine changes in the U.S.—literary, aesthetic, and social—as represented in novels set in an environment where the gamut of ethnicities and their often differing views of literature and culture that make up the U.S. are more generally found, using the theories and concepts of Mikhail Bakhtin, particularly his concept of the chronotope , or spacetime .
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Wilderness City: The Post-War American Urban Novel from Nelson Algren to John Edger Wideman

Wilderness City: The Post-War American Urban Novel from Nelson Algren to John Edger Wideman

by Ted Clontz
Wilderness City: The Post-War American Urban Novel from Nelson Algren to John Edger Wideman

Wilderness City: The Post-War American Urban Novel from Nelson Algren to John Edger Wideman

by Ted Clontz

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The books seeks to examine changes in the U.S.—literary, aesthetic, and social—as represented in novels set in an environment where the gamut of ethnicities and their often differing views of literature and culture that make up the U.S. are more generally found, using the theories and concepts of Mikhail Bakhtin, particularly his concept of the chronotope , or spacetime .

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415803076
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/16/2009
Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Pages: 180
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ted Clontz visiting lecture in English at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Nelson Algren's No Exit: The Urban Jail Chapter 2 Ellison and Pynchon: The Chaotic and Fabulous Cities Chapter 3 Continuing to Redefine the Urban Time-Space Chapter 4 Wilderness City Chapter 5 Re-imagining the Postcolonial City Chapter 6 John Edgar Wideman: Bringing It All Back Home Conclusion Bibliography Index
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