The books seeks to examine changes in the U.S.--literary, aesthetic, and social--as represented in novels set in an environment where the gamut of ethnicities and their often differing views of literature and culture that make up the U.S. are more generally found, using the theories and concepts of Mikhail Bakhtin, particularly his concept of the chronotope , or spacetime .
| ISBN: | 9780415803076 |
| Publication date: | 16th June 2009 |
| Author: | Ted Clontz |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 170 pages |
| Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |