American literature in transition, 1990-2000 /

"Written in the shadow of the approaching millennium, American literature in the 1990s was beset by bleak announcements of the end of books, the end of postmodernism, and even the end of literature. Yet, as conservative critics marked the century's twilight hours by launching elegies for t...

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Other Authors: Burn, Stephen (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: UK: Cambridge university press, 2018.
Subjects:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and technology.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
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