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Michael Chabon's America
Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces
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2014
Summary
Author Michael Chabon is acutely attuned to life in contemporary America, providing insight into the history of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in novels such as The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), Wonder Boys (1995), and Telegraph Avenue (2012). The Pulitzer prize–winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon follows in the footsteps of past stylists, writing across multiple genres that include young-adult literature, essays, and screenplays. Despite his broad success, however, Chabon’s work has not been adequately examined from a critical perspective.
Michael Chabon’s America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first scholarly collection of essays analyzing the work of the acclaimed author. This book demonstrates how Chabon uses a broad range of styles and genres, including detective and comic book fiction, to define the American experience. These essays assess and analyze Chabon’s complete oeuvre, demonstrating his deep connection to the contemporary world and his place as a literary force.
Providing a context for understanding the author’s work from cultural, historical, and stylistic perspectives, Michael Chabon’s America is a valuable study of a celebrated author whose work deserves close examination.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-3604-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3605-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
264
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 Real Maps of Imaginary Worlds; or, Michael Chabon, Shadowtail No access Pages 1 - 16
2 The Dudes Abide No access
3 Quentin Tarantino and the Paradox of Popular Culture in Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue No access
4 Driving Away No access
5 “Guess Who I Am Now” No access
6 Comix Remix; or, The Strange Case of Mr. Chabon No access
7 “An American Golem” No access
8 The Chatter of an African Gray Parrot No access
9 Genre for Justice No access
10 Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road and the Rejection of Communal Identity as Heroic Quest No access
11 Solving the Jewish Case No access
12 Not Growing Old but Growing Up No access
13 Queer Masculinities in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Manhood for Amateurs No access
14 Write What You Don’t Know No access
15 American Prowess Deconstructed No access
16 “Hope Unfulfilled, Not Yet Betrayed” No access
Index No access Pages 255 - 260
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 261 - 264
