The Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction (Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature, #8)

by Catherine Morley

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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.

  • ISBN10 0203889533
  • ISBN13 9780203889534
  • Publish Date 8 November 2008 (first published 25 September 2008)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 218
  • Language English