The Tribe of Pyn: Literary Generations in the Postmodern Period

by David Cowart

Book Overview

In The Tribe of Pyn, Cowart offers illuminating readings of several important novelists now at the height of their powers, whose work has received fairly limited scholarly attention thus far. Jonathan Franzen, Alice Walker, David Foster Wallace, Gloria Naylor, Richard Powers, and a raft of others are examined with lapidary care. Wrestling with the challenges inherent to distinguishing generational character (especially in the postmodern context,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472052888
• ISBN13: 9780472052882
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"