Reading American Novels and Multicultural Aesthetics: Romancing the Postmodern Novel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403984869)

Using romantic theories, Caton analyzes America's contemporary novel. Organized through the two sections of "Theory" and "Practice," Reading American Novels and Multicultural Aesthetics begins with a study of aesthetic form only to have it reveal the content of politics and history. This presentation immediately offers a unified platform for an interchange between multiple cultural and aesthetic positions. Romantic theory provides for an integrated examination of diversity, one that metaphorically fosters a solid, inclusive, and democratic legitimacy for intercultural communication. This politically astute cosmopolitan appreciation will generate an intriguing "cross-over" audience: from ethnic studies to American studies and from literary studies to romantic studies, this book will interest a range of readers.

Author: L. Caton
ISBN-10: 1403984867
ISBN-13: 9781403984869
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2007
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d