Zusammenfassung
Crafted for general readers, students, and scholars alike, this volume charts recent transformations in American literature. It covers a wide range of topics - from genre fiction and the rise of Amazon to the literature of 9/11 and the prominence of digital technology in literary culture.

Inhalt

Introduction Rachel Greenwald Smith; Part I. Formal Transitions: 1. 'Post'-ethnic form Elda María Román; 2. Gender, sexuality, and new queer forms T. Jackie Cuevas; 3. Formally conventional fiction Adam Kelly; 4. Literary genre fiction Andrew Hoberek; 5. New wave fabulism and hybrid science fictions Kate Marshall; 6. The televisual novel Phillip Maciak; Part II. The Return of Authenticity: 7. Neorealist fiction Lee Konstantinou; 8. Memoir Daniel Worden; 9. Historical fiction and the end of history Mitchum Huehls; 10. Literature after 9/11 Georgiana Banita; 11. The neuronovel Stephen J. Burn; Part III. Digital Revolutions: 12. Information Lindsay Thomas; 13. Electronic literature Brian Kim Stefans; 14. Social networks Scott Selisker; 15. Conceptual writing Jennifer Ashton; Part IV. Transnational Currents: 16. Financialization Annie McClanahan; 17. Borders and migrations Emilio Sauri; 18. War on terror Timothy Melley; Part V. The Ecological Turn: 19. New directions in ecocriticism Janet Fiskio and Sophia Bamert; 20. Climate change fiction Matthew Schneider-Mayerson; 21. Ecopoetics Jonathan Skinner; Part VI. Institutional Shifts: 22. Little magazines, blogs, and literary media Evan Kindley; 23. Publishing in the age of Amazon Loren Glass; 24. Creative writing, cultural studies, and the university Eric Bennett; Afterword: the 2000s after 2016 Rachel Greenwald Smith.