THE ANTI-HERO IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL by David Simmons ( 9781137473257 )

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THE ANTI-HERO IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL
FROM JOSEPH HELLER TO KURT VONNEGUT

By:

David Simmons

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Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

18 November, 2014

Series:

American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

Pages:

200

Description:

Examining noteworthy American novels including Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five, this book analyzes the anti-hero during the 1960s. Simmons argues these iconic figures became a way to advance 'counter-culture' politics and to deconstruct the traditional American hero.

Synopsis:

The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works.

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