{"product_id":"9780631230670","title":"Reading the American Novel 1920-2010","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReading the Novel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReading the American Novel 1920-2010\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames Phelan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers detailed analyses of landmark novels based on a clearly laid out set of tools for analyzing narrative form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a valuable overview of twentieth- and early twenty-first century American literary history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides analyses of numerous core texts including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Sound and the Fury, The Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRelates these individual novels to the broader artistic movements of modernism and postmodernism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains and applies key principles of rhetorical reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous cross-novel comparisons and contrasts \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Phelan\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English at Ohio State University, USA. His wide-ranging research in narrative theory includes influential studies of literary character, narrative progression, unreliable narration, and the ethics of reading as well as significant fresh interpretations of numerous twentieth-century American and British novels and short stories. The editor of \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, the journal \u003ci\u003eInternational Society for the Study of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, Prof Phelan is also a prolific author and editor whose credits include the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eLiving to Tell about It: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), the \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companion to Narrative Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and the collaboratively written \u003ci\u003eNarrative Theory: Core Concepts and Critical Debates\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 June 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631230670\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e278\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379168407692,"sku":"9780631230670","price":87.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631230670_b0d3e446-54f8-4e46-8046-c868cc680af3.jpg?v=1780237897","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631230670","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}