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The quest for epic in contemporary American fiction : John Updike, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo / Catherine Morley.

Author/creator Morley, Catherine, 1977-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Updike, John Rabbit Angstrom.
Roth, Philip American pastoral.
DeLillo, Don Underworld.
Epic literature, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century --History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Literature and history--United States --History --20th century.
United States--In literature.
Series Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 8
Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature 8. ^A707373
Contents Theoretical and generic considerations -- A transnational inheritance: Joycean and American ancestry -- The bard of everyday domesticity: John Updike's song of America -- Transnational paternalisms: Philip Roth's post-pastoral American epic -- Don DeLillo's Underworld as recycled American epic.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-210) and index.
LCCN 2008016536
ISBN9780415961134
ISBN0415961130

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