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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Louisiana State Univ Pr
Publication date
April 1, 2004
Pages
297
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807129616
ISBN-10
0807129615
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.94 lbs.
Original list price
$24.95
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: James Nagel offers the first systematic history and definition of the short story cycle genre as exemplified in contemporary American fiction, bringing attention to the formatâs wide appeal among various ethnic groups. He examines in detail eight recent manifestations of the story cycle, all praised by critics while uniformly misidentified as novels: Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich; Annie John, by Jamaica Kincaid; Monkeys, by Susan Minot; The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros; The Things They Carried, by Tim OâBrien; How the GarcÃa Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez; The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan; and A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, by Robert Olen Butler. Nagel proposes that the short-story cycle, with its concentric as opposed to linear plot development possibilities, lends itself particularly well to exploring themes of ethnic assimilation, which mirror some of the major issues facing American society today.
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Paperback
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from Louisiana State Univ Pr (April 1, 2004)
9780807129616 | details & prices | 297 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.94 lbs | List price $24.95
About: James Nagel offers the first systematic history and definition of the short story cycle genre as exemplified in contemporary American fiction, bringing attention to the formatâs wide appeal among various ethnic groups.
About: James Nagel offers the first systematic history and definition of the short story cycle genre as exemplified in contemporary American fiction, bringing attention to the formatâs wide appeal among various ethnic groups.
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