TY - GEN T1 - American modern(ist) epic : novels to refound a nation A1 - Nemmers, Adam LA - English PP - Clemson, SC PB - Clemson University Press YR - 2021 ED - First edition. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1257313450 AB - "American Modern(ist) Epic argues that a cadre of minority novelists revitalized the classic epic form in an effort to recast the United States according to modern, diverse, and pluralistic grounds. These modern(ist) epic novels undermined and revised the foundational ideology of the United States, modernizing the epic form in an effort to refound the nation"-- OP - 279 CN - PS169.E63 N46 2021 SN - 9781949979671 SN - 1949979679 SN - 9781949979664 KW - Epic literature, American : History and criticism. KW - American fiction : 20th century : History and criticism. KW - National characteristics, American, in literature. KW - Civilization, Modern, in literature. KW - Littérature épique américaine : Histoire et critique. KW - Roman américain : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - Literary studies: from c 1900. KW - Literary Criticism : American : General. KW - American fiction KW - Civilization, Modern, in literature KW - Epic literature, American KW - National characteristics, American, in literature KW - 1900-1999 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Literary criticism KW - Literary criticism. KW - Critiques littéraires. ER -