Contemporary Fictions: Essays on American and Postcolonial Narratives

Judie Newman

Contemporary Fictions
Essays on American and Postcolonial Narratives

Judie Newman

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Marilynne Robinson (1943-), American novelist

John Updike (1932-2009), American novelist

Saul Bellow (1915-2000), Canadian/American novelist

Postcolonial studies

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Selected Essays 12

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28 September 2020 • 358pp

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What does it mean to be contemporary? To write contemporary fiction? In this major collection of twenty-five essays Newman interrogates the value of the concept of “the contemporary” as a cultural and literary category, exploring novels and short fiction by American and postcolonial writers, including Marilynne Robinson, John Updike, Saul Bellow, Grace Paley, Nadine Gordimer, J. G. Farrell, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Bharati Mukherjee, Peter Høeg, Dalia Sofer and André Dubus III, among others. In a sophisticated interrogation of the politics (and sexual politics) of narrative technique, Newman engages with major intellectual currents of the period, drawing upon thinkers such as Michel Serres, Guy Debord, Erving Goffman, Camille Paglia, Marcel Mauss, Julia Kristeva, Mary Douglas, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick to analyse fictional representations of the Holocaust, the struggle against apartheid, Vietnam, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Iranian revolution and the aftermath of Empire.

Judie Newman is Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Nottingham and has published widely in the fields of American and Postcolonial literature.

See news item: Judie Newman on Alison Lurie on Radio 4 (16 March 2021)

Reviews:

‘Even without the witty, warm introduction in which Prof Newman considers her career with a wry and appealing sense of distance, the consistency of concern across these widely diverse essays is remarkable. As with any art form, a retrospective of critical thinking offers scope to identify perhaps unsuspected threads of continuity in a body of work covering almost half a century, and this is one of the great pleasures of Contemporary Fictions.’ — Clare Hayes-Brady, Review of English Studies advance publication online (full text online)

Contents:

1-14	Introduction Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.4	Cite
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15-25	Chapter 1 Nadine Gordimer’s the Conservationist: “that Book of Unknown Signs” Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.5	Cite
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26-32	Chapter 2 Bellow’s “indian Givers”: Humboldt’s Gift Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.6	Cite
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33-46	Chapter 3 the Revenge of the Trance Maiden: Intertextuality and Alison Lurie Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.7	Cite
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47-61	Chapter 4 Nadine Gordimer and the Naked Southern Ape: “something Out There” Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.8	Cite
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62-72	Chapter 5 Saul Bellow and Social Anthropology Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.9	Cite
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73-86	Chapter 6 Telling A Woman’s Story: Fiction As Biography and Biography As Fiction in Mary Gordon’s Men and Angels and Alison Lurie’s the Truth About Lorin Jones Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.10	Cite
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87-98	Chapter 7 Postcolonial Gothic: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and the Sobhraj Case Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.11	Cite
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99-115	Chapter 8 Solitary Sojourners in Nature: Revisionary Transcendentalism in Alison Lurie’s Love and Friendship and Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.12	Cite
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116-126	Chapter 9 Bellow’s Ransom Tale: the Holocaust, the Victim and the Double Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.13	Cite
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127-142	Chapter 10 Spaces in-Between: Hester Prynne As the Salem Bibi in Bharati Mukherjee’s the Holder of the World Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.14	Cite
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143-155	Chapter 11 Rebounding Metaphors: Culture and Conquest in J. G. Farrell’s the Siege of Krishnapur Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.15	Cite
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156-167	Chapter 12 Zapotec Man and the Torajan Granny: “mosby’s Memoirs” and the Sacrifice of the Heart Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.16	Cite
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168-175	Chapter 13 Napalm and After: the Politics of Grace Paley’s Short Fiction Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.17	Cite
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176-187	Chapter 14 Jump Starts: Nadine Gordimer After Apartheid Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.18	Cite
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188-197	Chapter 15 “dis Ain’t Gimme, Florida”: Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.19	Cite
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198-214	Chapter 16 Going Global: From Danish Postcolonial Novel To World Bestseller: Peter Høeg’s Smilla’s Sense of Snow Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.20	Cite
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215-230	Chapter 17 Updike’s Golden Oldies: Rabbit As Spectacular Man Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.21	Cite
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231-238	Chapter 18 Priority Narratives: Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.22	Cite
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239-252	Chapter 19 Blowback: André Dubus Iii’s House of Sand and Fog Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.23	Cite
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253-266	Chapter 20 Pictures From An Exhibition: Dalia Sofer and the Jews of Iran Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.24	Cite
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267-281	Chapter 21 Trotskyism in the Early Work of Saul Bellow Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.25	Cite
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282-294	Chapter 22 Updike’s Terrorist: Rewriting the Domestic Myth Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.26	Cite
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295-306	Chapter 23 Saul Bellow and the Theory of Comedy Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.27	Cite
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307-321	Chapter 24 Intertextual Updike: Gertrude and Claudius Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.28	Cite
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322-337	Chapter 25 Presidential Politics As Sexual Politics: Memories of the Ford Administration Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.29	Cite
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338-339	Further Reading Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.30	Cite
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340-346	Index Judie Newman doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgrb1.31	Cite
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Newman, Judie, Contemporary Fictions: Essays on American and Postcolonial Narratives, Selected Essays, 12 (Legenda, 2020)

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Contemporary FictionsEssays on American and Postcolonial Narratives

Judie Newman

Contemporary Fictions
Essays on American and Postcolonial Narratives