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Tables of Contents for Novels from Reagan's America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgment
ix
Introduction: Riding without Horses---A Reading of the 1980s
1
33
Reading Ringside: You Must Remember This
34
28
Joyce Carol Oates
Strange Gods before Us: A Prayer for Owen Meany
62
28
John Irving
A Necessary Time to Bolt: Kate Vaiden
90
26
Reynolds Price
"The Twin-Peaked Glory of Bothness": Quinn's Book
116
27
William Kennedy
Speaking the Language of Brightness: Second Son
143
25
Robert Ferro
"That Sudden Shock of Sunshine and Birdsong": Breathing Lessons
168
29
Anne Tyler
In the Jaws of the (S)napping Turtle: World's End
197
26
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Humming the (In)sufficient Heart Out: The Gold Bug Variations
223
28
Richard Powers
Conclusion: The Gift of Spectacles(s)---(En)closing the Reagan Era
251
12
Appendix: Selected Works of Spectacle Realism, 1981--91
263
3
Notes
266
10
Bibliography
276
9
Index
285