Toward the geopolitical novel : U.S. fiction in the twenty-first century /

"Caren Irr's survey of more than 125 novels outlines the dramatic resurgence of the American political novel in the twenty-first century. She explores the writings of Chris Abani, Susan Choi, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Díaz, Dave Eggers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Aleksandar Hemon, Hari Kunzru, Dinaw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irr, Caren
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:Literature Now.
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Table of Contents:
  • The resurgence of the political novel
  • From routes to routers : the digital migrant novel
  • The anxious American : political thrillers and the Peace Corps fugue
  • Neoliberal allegories : the space of home in contemporary international fiction
  • Ideology, terror, and apocalypse : the new novel of revolution
  • Toward the world novel : genre shifts in twenty-first-century expatriate fiction.