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Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology

by · 1997

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It includes works by

sixty-eight authors: short fiction, novels, cartoons, graphics,

hypertexts, creative nonfiction, and theoretical writings. This is the

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first anthology to do full justice to the vast range of American

innovation in fiction writing since 1945.

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Subject
philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 704 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thisessaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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