(Paperback, 2nd edition)

The perfect one-stop-shop for anyone starting film studies. -- .

(Hardback)

Offers an introduction to the American novel focusing on contexts, key texts, and criticism. This book registers the diversity of American writing and situates this work in historical contexts that include Reaganomics, the Clinton years and the post-9/11 'War on Terror'.

(Paperback)

Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism.