Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction

The Cambridge Companion to 21st-Century American Fiction provides comprehensive coverage of critical pathways in 21st-century American literature, offering state-of-the-field analyses of contemporary narrative studies and illuminating critical engagements with emergent genres and concepts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 342 pages
Publication date: 23 September 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The term "21st-century American literature" is frequently used in reading lists, course syllabi, and awards, but there is no agreement on when it started, which works best represent it, how to define its aesthetic goals, or where its geographical limits are. Despite the significant amount of criticism that has been written about this remarkable period, there has been little systematic analysis of the literary and critical/theoretical output to assist readers in navigating the complex web of critical pathways.

The Cambridge Companion to 21st Century American Fiction goes beyond simply ensuring broad coverage of numerous essential texts by providing state-of-the-art analyses of contemporary narrative studies that shape the parameters of current and future research and teaching. Each chapter illuminates critical engagements with emerging genres and concepts, including flash fiction, speculative fiction, digital fiction, alternative temporalities, Afro-futurism, ecocriticism, transgender/queer studies, anti-carceral fiction, precarity, and post-9/11 fiction.

This comprehensive guide offers a valuable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of 21st-century American literature, providing a comprehensive and insightful exploration of this dynamic and evolving field.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 152 x 230 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108978705