The death of things : ephemera and the American novel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wasserman, Sarah (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Subjects:	American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Philosophy in literature. Printed ephemera. Product obsolescence.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Death of Things
Yesterday's Tomorrowland : E. L. Doctorow, Michael Chabon, and the 1939 World's Fair
Counterhistory, Counterfact, Counterobject : Philip K. Dick, Philip Roth, and the Second World War
Zoned Out : Chester Himes, Ralph Ellison, and Urban Infrastructure
Timed, Stamped : Thomas Pynchon's Media Systems
The Disorder of Things : Marilynne Robinson's Transient Women
Ephemeral gods, Billboard Saints : Don DeLillo's Apparitions
Coda: The Afterlife of Things: Ephemera in the Digital Age