After the end of history : American fiction in the 1990s

After the end of history : American fiction in the 1990s / Samuel Cohen.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cohen, Samuel S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2009.
Subjects:	American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the end of history
1. After enlightenment : Mason & Dixon and the ampersand
2. After the fall : Roth and the 1960s
3. After Identity : Morrison and genealogy
4. How to tell a true Cold War story : O'Brien, Didion, and closure
5. History is what heals : 9/11 and narrative in Eugenides and Lethem
Afterword : DeLillo and the anticipation of retrospection.