Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction / Desmond F. McCarthy.
Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction / Desmond F. McCarthy.
Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction / Desmond F. McCarthy.
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New York : P. Lang, c1997.
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English
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vi, 166 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Reconstructing the Family as a Utopian Project -- 2. The Family in Crisis -- 3. Harry Angstrom's Flights from the Family -- 4. The Family According to Garp -- 5. The Emergent Woman's Family in The Color Purple -- 6. America as Family: E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime -- 7. The Reconstructed Family and Soc...
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New York : P. Lang, c1997.
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New York (State)
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c1997.
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The prevalence of alternative families in contemporary American fiction is significant given the concern and confusion precipitated by the decline in traditional nuclear families in recent decades. John Irving's The World According to Garp, Alice Walker's The Color Purple, and E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime contain compelling utopian depictions of alterna...
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Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction / Desmond F. McCarthy.
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Studies on themes and motifs in literature, 1056-3970 ; vol. 6.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-157) and index.
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c1997.
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74VM4PpaG4ll
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0820423068 (alk. paper)
9780820423067 (alk. paper)
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813/.5409355
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991001321989702626
