The Curious Death of the Novel: Essays in American Literature

by Louis D. Rubin Jr.

Book Overview

One of the country's more perceptive younger critics, Louis Rubin is well known for his commentaries on the literature of the South. These essays--selected from his critical works over a period of more than a dozen years--reflect his wider concern with the whole spectrum of American literature.

In the title essay Rubin treats "tired literary critics" and the often-heard pronouncement that the novel is dead. He argues that the response of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807124702
• ISBN13: 9780807124703
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"