Some Notes on the American Novel at the Turn of the 21st century
Some Notes on the American Novel at the Turn of the 21st century

Summary/Abstract: In the last few years there have appeared several novels which deserve to be discussed at some length. They can be cited as belonging to the former group in Gardner’s classification. Among them are “novels of upbringing”, fictional biographies, and war novels (as a variant of historical novels). The underlying feature, which characterizes them all, is a Romantic idea of interconnectedness — of past and present, of people and events — rather than the idea of detachment and alienation.

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