Oliver Haslam: Haslam, O: Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 197, Flexibler Einband

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"Building upon theories of affect and the everyday, Minimalism and Affect in American Literature provides a more inclusive and precise definition of minimalism that enables further inquiry into the mode. It analyzes minimalist aesthetics within the works of American fiction writers, placing canonical minimalists alongside writers more frequently associated with other movements. Through readings of Ernest Hemingway, Joan Didion, Raymond Carver, Paul Auster, and Don DeLillo among others, and cultural phenomena ranging from sedation to telephony, this book exposes the persistence and political importance of minimalism within American literature from the 20th century into the 21st"--