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An Essay and Critique in 20th Century American Literature (1950-2000)

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American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, American literature, History and criticism, Realism in literature, Existentialism in literature, Radicalism in literature, Postmodernism (Literature)
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Page ix
Part One. Inventing Orders
Chapter 1. In Defense of Time
Page 3
Chapter 2. Critical Point of View: Realism or Modernism?
Page 11
Chapter 3. Existential Realism
Page 15
Chapter 4. Radical Realism
Page 21
Chapter 5. Postmodern Realism
Page 33
Part Two. Defending Orders
I. Existential Realism
Chapter 6. Dangling Man (1944)
Page 45
Chapter 7. Invisible Man (1947)
Page 47
Chapter 8. The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Page 51
Chapter 9. The Natural (1952)
Page 55
Chapter 10. The Adventures of Augie March (1954)
Page 59
Chapter 11. The Recognitions (1955)
Page 65
Chapter 12. The Assistant (1955)
Page 71
Chapter 13. Lolita (1956)
Page 75
Chapter 14. Henderson the Rain King (1958)
Page 81
Chapter 15. The Wapshot Chronicle (1954), The Wapshot Scandal (1959)
Page 87
Chapter 16. Nine Stories (1953), Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1955), Franny and Zooey (1961)
Page 91
Chapter 17. The Stories of John Cheever (1978)
Page 99
II. Radical Realism
Chapter 18. The Sot-Weed Factor (1960)
Page 111
Chapter 19. Catch-22 (1961)
Page 119
Chapter 20. Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
Page 125
Chapter 21. V (1962)
Page 133
Chapter 22. Pale Fire (1962)
Page 139
Chapter 23. Herzog (1964)
Page 143
Chapter 24. The Crying of Lot 49 (1966)
Page 147
Chapter 25. Giles Goat-Boy (1966), Chimera (1973)
Page 149
Chapter 26. Trout Fishing in America (1967)
Page 155
Chapter 27. Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Page 159
Chapter 28. Ada (1969)
Page 161
Chapter 29. Something Happened (1973)
Page 167
Chapter 30. Gravity's Rainbow (1974)
Page 171
Chapter 31. JR (1975)
Page 177
Chapter 32. Humboldt's Gift (1975)
Page 183
Chapter 33. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1976)
Page 189
Chapter 34. In Cold Blood (1965), The Armies of the Night (1969), The Right Stuff (1978)
Page 193
Chapter 35. Sixty Stories (1981)
Page 207
III. Postmodern Realism
Chapter 36. A River Runs Through It (1976)
Page 219
Chapter 37. The Bluest Eye (1970), Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1978)
Page 223
Chapter 38. The World According to Garp (1978)
Page 233
Chapter 39. Bullit Park (1971), Falconer (1978), Oh What a Paradise It Seems (1981)
Page 239
Chapter 40. The Color Purple (1982)
Page 243
Chapter 41. The Hotel New Hampshire (1982)
Page 247
Chapter 42. Final Payments (1978), A Company of Women (1982), Men and Angels (1988)
Page 253
Chapter 43. Pinocchio in Venice (1991)
Page 259
Chapter 44. The Stories of Raymond Carver: Will You Please Be Quiet (1977), What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), Cathedral (1984), Where I'm Calling From (1988)
Page 263
Chapter 45. A Prayer for Owen Meany (1992)
Page 273
Chapter 46. Rabbit Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1974), Rabbit is Rich (1982), Rabbit at Rest (1992)
Page 279
Chapter 47. The Counterlife (1987), Operation Shylock (1993)
Page 287
Chapter 48. Love Medicine (1984), The Beet Queen (1987), Tracks (1990), The Bingo Palace (1994)
Page 293
Chapter 49. Tar Baby (1985), Beloved (1988), Jazz (1992)
Page 303
Chapter 50. Infinite Jest (1996)
Page 311
Index
Page 317

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PS379, PS228.R38 S85 2003

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Number of pages
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