The Crisis of the Social Realist Novel in the United States: The "Tragic" Case of Jonathan Franzen's Strong Motion

Jonathan Franzen’s production is characterized by a body of non-fiction writing that has greatly contributed to the heated debate about the declining relevance of the novel in contemporary America. In his controversial essay “Perchance to Dream: In the Age of Images, a Reason to Write Novels,” publi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simona Porro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2019-06-01
Series:Iperstoria
Subjects:
Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/572