The Contemporary American Short-Story Cycle: The Ethnic Resonance of Genre

by James Nagel

Book Overview

James Nagel offers the first systematic history and definition of the short-story cycle as exemplified in contemporary American fiction, bringing attention to the format's wide appeal among various ethnic groups. He examines in detail eight recent manifestations of the genre, all praised by critics while uniformly misidentified as novels. Nagel proposes that the short-story cycle, with its concentric as opposed to linear plot development possibilities,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807129615
• ISBN13: 9780807129616
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"