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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b8575151.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-157) and index.".
- catalog description "Reconstructing the family as a Utopian project -- The family in crisis -- Harry Angstrom's flights from the family -- The family according to Garp -- The emergent woman's family in The color purple -- America as family: E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime -- The reconstructed family and social change.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "vi, 166 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction.".
- catalog identifier "0820423068 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies on themes and motifs in literature, 1056-3970 ; v. 6".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : P. Lang,".
- catalog relation "Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.5409355 20".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Domestic fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Families in literature.".
- catalog subject "Family in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS374.D57 M38 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reconstructing the family as a Utopian project -- The family in crisis -- Harry Angstrom's flights from the family -- The family according to Garp -- The emergent woman's family in The color purple -- America as family: E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime -- The reconstructed family and social change.".
- catalog title "Reconstructing the family in contemporary American fiction / Desmond F. McCarthy.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".