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Modern American Literature Ser.: New Approaches: Jane Smiley, Jonathan Franzen, Don Delillo : Narratives of Everyday Justice by Jason S. Polley (2011, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-101433112949
ISBN-139781433112942
eBay Product ID (ePID)110910344
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJane Smiley, Jonathan Franzen, Don Delillo : Narratives of Everyday Justice
SubjectCommunication Studies, General, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year2011
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Drama, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorJason S. Polley
SeriesModern American Literature Ser.: New Approaches
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-031757
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number60
Number of Volumes0 vols.
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisThe novels of Jane Smiley, Jonathan Franzen, and Don DeLillo propose new readings of justice in contemporary American literature. Jason S. Polley argues that such distinctive writers as Smiley, Franzen, and DeLillo reconfigure what he calls acts of justice in various modalities and spaces. These authors re-conceptualize justice in their portrayals of peripheral groups, such as women, minorities, and outcasts. In lieu of fictionalizing justice in conventional courtrooms, these writers' narratives make a virtue of representing the undetermined and everyday presence of justice. As a result, Smiley, Franzen, and DeLillo succeed in demonstrating the ordinariness of personal concerns with justice. Loosely tracing a legacy of justice in American literature, this book also compares contemporary American narratives to canonized earlier American novels, such as Melville's Moby Dick , James's The Bostonians , and Norris's McTeague . The book likewise examines contemporary writers like Joyce Carol Oates and Toni Morrison. Polley concludes by observing that justice in contemporary American life is not about closure, but is an open-ended practice of human action, a theory that corresponds to postmodern theories of narrative., The novels of Jane Smiley, Jonathan Franzen, and Don DeLillo propose new readings of justice in contemporary American literature. Jason S. Polley argues that such distinctive writers as Smiley, Franzen, and DeLillo reconfigure what he calls «acts of justice» in various modalities and spaces. These authors re-conceptualize justice in their portrayals of peripheral groups, such as women, minorities, and outcasts. In lieu of fictionalizing justice in conventional courtrooms, these writers' narratives make a virtue of representing the undetermined and everyday presence of justice. As a result, Smiley, Franzen, and DeLillo succeed in demonstrating the ordinariness of personal concerns with justice. Loosely tracing a legacy of justice in American literature, this book also compares contemporary American narratives to canonized earlier American novels, such as Melville's Moby Dick , James's The Bostonians , and Norris's McTeague . The book likewise examines contemporary writers like Joyce Carol Oates and Toni Morrison. Polley concludes by observing that justice in contemporary American life is not about closure, but is an open-ended practice of human action, a theory that corresponds to postmodern theories of narrative.
LC Classification NumberPS228.L39P65 2012
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