The Anti-Hero in the American Novel: From Joseph Heller to Kurt Vonnegut

The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works.

Author: D. Simmons
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/18/2014
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781137473257

About the Author
David Simmons is Senior Lecturer in English and Screen Studies at the University of Northampton, UK.