History and hope in American literature : models of critical patriotism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Railton, Ben, 1977- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism. Literature and history > United States. History in literature. Hope in literature. American literature. Literature and history. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Crucial Contingencies and Critical Patriotism
African American Histories and Hopes: Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident
Native American Histories and Hopes: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine
Great Depression Histories and Hopes: John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan's America Is in the Heart
Caribbean American Histories and Hopes: Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker
AIDS Epidemic Histories and Hopes: Tony Kushner's Angels in America and Alice Hoffman's At Risk
Refugee Histories and Hopes: Mark Bixler's The Lost Boys of Sudan and Dave Eggers's What Is the What
Conclusion: Finding the Road to Hope: Cormac McCarthy's The Road.