Coming of Age in Contemporary American Fiction.
Title:
Coming of Age in Contemporary American Fiction.
Author:
Millard, Kenneth.
ISBN:
9780748629541
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents:
COPYRIGHT -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Contemporary Coming of Age - Subject to Change -- Chapter 1 In the Name of the Father -- Chapter 2 I Change Therefore I Am: Growing up in the Sixties -- Chapter 3 Citation and Resuscitation -- Chapter 4 Language Acquisition: Life Sentences -- Chapter 5 Lexicon of Love -- 6 Memoirs and Memorials -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the âcoming-of-ageâ novel. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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