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Explores the importance and complexity of classical allusiveness in the modern American novel
Explores both the sheer extent and the ideologically-invested nature of classical allusiveness in the modern American novelSheds significant new light on canonical and often-taught major American novelistsSynthesizes and builds on existing research to demonstrate how a proper understanding of each writer's classical allusiveness contributes to broad debates about modernism and postmodernism, intertextuality and the history and categorization of the American novelDraws on the methodologies and insights of Classical Reception studies as well as American studies, and makes an invaluable contribution to both fieldsIncludes a user-friendly glossary that explains all the classical names, concepts and words
This book is an invaluable survey of the allusions to ancient Greek and Roman culture in the work of seven major modern American novelists: Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Marilynne Robinson. Making the classical world accessible to all readers, it combines new close readings of three key texts by each author with overviews of the essential prior scholarship in the field. It also builds on archival research in documenting the nature and extent of each author's own familiarity with classical literature and languages.
Contents
Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Greek and Roman presences in the modern American novel
Chapter 1 - Willa Cather (1873-1946)
1.1 Cather and the Classics1.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate1.3 My Ántonia (1918)1.4 The Professor's House (1925)1.5 Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940)
Chapter 2 - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
2.1 Fitzgerald and the Classics2.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate2.3 This Side of Paradise (1920)2.4 The Great Gatsby (1925)2.5 Tender is the Night (1934)
Chapter 3 - William Faulkner (1897-1962)
3.1 Faulkner and the Classics3.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate3.3 Light in August (1932)3.4 Absalom, Absalom! (1936)3.5 Go Down, Moses (1942)
Chapter 4 - Ralph Ellison (1913-1994)
4.1 Ellison and the Classics4.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate4.3 Invisible Man (1952)4.4 Thee Days Before the Shooting ... Part I (2010)4.5 Three Days Before the Shooting ... Part II (2010)
Chapter 5 - Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
5.1 Morrison and the Classics5.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate5.3 Song of Solomon (1977)5.4 Beloved (1987)5.5 Jazz (1992)
Chapter 6 - Philip Roth (1933-2018)
6.1 Roth and the Classics6.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate6.3 American Pastoral (1997)6.4 I Married a Communist (1998)6.5 The Human Stain (2000)
Chapter 7 - Marilynne Robinson (1943- )
7.1 Robinson and the Classics7.2 The Critical Field and Scholarly Debate7.3 Housekeeping (1980)7.4 Gilead (2004)7.5 Home (2008)
Conclusion: the diversity of modern American fiction's classicismWorks Cited
Appendices:1 - Glossary of the classical terms used in this book2 - Resources
Index
