Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature
ISBN-10
0820442666
ISBN-13
9780820442662
Edition
2 Revised edition
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 1998
Print length
166 Pages
Weight
246 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -Cultural studiesSociology: customs & traditions
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The prevalence of alternative families in contemporary American fiction is significant given the concern and confusion precipitated by the decline in traditional nuclear families in recent decades. John Irving''s The World According to Garp, Alice Walker''s The Color Purple, and E. L. Doctorow''s Ragtime contain compelling utopian depictions of alternative families that are more egalitarian than traditional nuclear families. John Updike''s Rabbit, Run and Rabbit Redux are interesting counterpoints to the optimistic novels of Irving, Walker, and Doctorow. Although Updike depicts the traditional nuclear family as the site of considerable ennui and unhappiness, attempts to flee or reconstruct the family in his novels are staggeringly destructive.
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