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George Saunders: Critical Essays

By Philip Coleman , Steve Gronert Ellerhoff (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
978-3-319-49931-4, 978-3-319-49932-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-49932-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2784207 bytes)
Series
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Edition
1
Pages
XV, 292\299
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
Contemporary Literature;North American Literature;

Description

This timely volume explores the signal contribution George Saunders has made to the development of the short story form in books ranging from CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) to Tenth of December (2013). The book brings together a team of scholars from around the world to explore topics ranging from Saunders’s treatment of work and religion to biopolitics and the limits of the short story form. It also includes an interview with Saunders specially conducted for the volume, and a preliminary bibliography of his published works and critical responses to an expanding and always exciting creative œuvre. Coinciding with the release of the Saunders’ first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo (2017), George Saunders: Critical Essays is the first book-length consideration of a major contemporary author’s work. It is essential reading for anyone interested in twenty-first century fiction.

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