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Understanding Contemporary American Literature Ser.: Understanding Jonathan Franzen by Timothy W. Galow (2023, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of South Carolina Press
ISBN-101643363719
ISBN-139781643363714
eBay Product ID (ePID)23058378346
Product Key Features
Number of Pages164 Pages
Publication NameUnderstanding Jonathan Franzen
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
SubjectModern / 21st Century, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorTimothy W. Galow
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesUnderstanding Contemporary American Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2022-045029
Dewey Edition23/eng/20220919
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThe first comprehensive study to address Franzen's work to date, including his latest novel, Crossroads. Jonathan Franzen-novelist and essayist-is a critical darling, commercial success, and magnet for controversy. His third novel, The Corrections (2000), was selected for Oprah's book club, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and won the National Book Award. Franzen has been featured on the cover of Time and in an episode of The Simpsons . Love him or hate him, the publication of each new novel is a literary event. In Understanding Jonathan Franzen , Timothy Galow studies Franzen's first five novels plus his most recent, Crossroads , which was published to much fanfare in 2021. He opens with the Oprah controversy-Franzen, it seems, did not want his books to be popular-and goes on to unpack the author's ambivalent relationship to his status within the "Theory Generation" of 1980s college graduates turned writers and the postmodern threads that run throughout his work. For Franzen, the social and individual are inseparable. Galow examines why Franzen's stories of (white, bourgeois) American life have inspired and provoked readers for over two decades., Studies Jonathan Franzen's first five novels plus his most recent, Crossroads, which was published to much fanfare in 2021. He opens with the Oprah controversy - Franzen, it seems, did not want his books to be popular - and goes on to unpack the author's ambivalent relationship to his status within the 'Theory Generation'., The first comprehensive study to address Franzen's work to date, including his latest novel, Crossroads Jonathan Franzen--novelist and essayist--is a critical darling, commercial success, and magnet for controversy. His career took off with the publication of The Corrections (2000), which won a National Book Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His follow-up, Freedom (2009), received so much attention that it started a debate over the politics of critical attention. Love him or hate him, Franzen has proven to be a crucial figure in twenty-first century American letters, and the publication of each new novel has been a major literary event. In Understanding Jonathan Franzen , Timothy W. Galow studies Franzen's first five novels and surveys his most recent, Crossroads , which was published to much fanfare in 2021. He traces Franzen's work from its roots in late twentieth-century literary theory and experimental postmodernism through the socially conscious family novels for which the author is best known. This careful analysis provides a new lens for viewing each of the works and demonstrates why Franzen's stories of (white, bourgeois) American life have inspired and provoked readers for over two decades.
LC Classification NumberPS3556.R352Z63 2023
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