American Literature in Transition, 1990–2000 (Hardcover)

Part I. End times: 1. American literature and the Millennium Jeremy Green; 2. Angels, ghosts and post secular visions Brian McHale; 3. Aging novelists and the end of the American century Marshall Boswell; 4. Violence Sean Grattan; 5. The end of the book David Ciccoricco; 6. The end of postmodernism Ralph Clare; Part II. Forms: 7. Enclyclopedic fictions Stephen J. Burn; 8. Historical fiction John N. Duvall; 9. Lyrical thinking in poetry of the '90s Thomas Gardner; 10. Story-cycles Paul March-Russell; 11. Materiality in the late age of print Mary K. Holland; 12. Manifestos Rachel Greenwalk Smith; 13. Revisionary strategies Christian Moraru; Part III. Interconnectivity: 14. Borders and mixed race fictions Aliki Varvogli; 15. Globalization Paul Giles; 16. The two cultures Novel Jon Adams; 17. Ecosystem Heather Houser; 18. Virtual reality Joseph Conte; Part IV. Public and Private Life: 19. Trauma Patrick O'Donnell; 20. Family Kasia Boddy; 21. Aids Lesley Larkin; Part V. Institutions: 22. The university 'after' theory Daniel Punday; 23. Independent presses Jeffrey R. Dileo.