Langbeschreibung
Rewriting Early America argues the need for a subtler understanding of how post-1945 literary figures represent America's prenational past. Rather than focusing only on how literary representations of the national origins advance political critiques, this book also recognizes the recuperative visions founds in many recent novels and poems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Contemporary American Literature and Early AmericaChapter 1: Berryman's Bradstreet and the End(s) of New CriticismChapter 2: John Barth's Metanarrative Critique, or, History as Literature as ReenactmentChapter 3: Tradition and Critique in Paul Muldoon's "Madoc: A Mystery"Chapter 4: Material Values in Pynchon and VollmannChapter 5: The New World(s) of Thomas PynchonChapter 6: Silence and Places beyond Power in the Poetry of Susan HoweConclusion: The Problem of American Origins, Freedom from Power, and Toni Morrison's A MercyBibliographyIndexAbout the Author