{"product_id":"the-american-short-story-cycle-jennifer-j-smith-9781474452694","title":"The American Short Story Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstructs a history of community, family and temporality in American culture through one of the nation's most popular, yet unrecognized genres\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American Short Story Cycle spans two centuries to tell the history of a genre that includes both major and marginal authors, from Washington Irving through William Faulkner to Jhumpa Lahiri. The short story cycle rose and proliferated because its form compellingly renders the uncertainties that emerge from the twin pillars of modern America culture: individualism and pluralism. Short story cycles reflect how individuals adapt to change, whether it is the railroad coming to the small town in Sherwood Anderson's \u003ci\u003eWinesburg, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e (1919) or social media revolutionizing language in Jennifer Egan's \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). Combining new formalism in literary criticism with scholarship in American Studies, this book gives a name and theory to the genre that has fostered the aesthetics of fragmentation, as well as recurrence, that characterize fiction today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpans two centuries to tell the history of a neglected genre that includes major and marginal authors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines new formalism in literary criticism to scholarship in American Studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConstructs a history of community, family, and temporality in American culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer J. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474452698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474452694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Jennifer J. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129741013247,"sku":"9781474452694","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52c147fc-b78a-4c91-996b-58badc72d53d.jpg?v=1687465554","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-short-story-cycle-jennifer-j-smith-9781474452694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}