THE QUEST FOR EPIC IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION by Catherine Morley ( 9780415961134 )

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Title:

THE QUEST FOR EPIC IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FICTION

By:

Catherine Morley

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0415961130

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9780415961134

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Pub. date:

1 September, 2008

Series:

Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature v. 8

Pages:

226

Description:

Explores the confluences between two types of literature in contemporary America: the novel and the epic. This work 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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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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