Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2022).
Summary
Argues for a reawakened commitment to historicity in contemporary American fiction.
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Racism and Contemporary Incarceration in C. E. Morgan and Hari Kunzru -- 2. Ben Lerner and Literary Antecedents of the City -- 3. Dana Spiotta and Political Commitment -- 4. AIDS Activism and Looking Back in Tim Murphy and Garth Greenwell -- 5. Anxious Futures in Colson Whitehead and Omar El Akkad -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
