Coming of age in contemporary American fiction /
This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel, or the Bildungsroman. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood, often pr...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2007.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=194159 |
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