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The Hero in Contemporary American Fiction: The Works of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo (American Literature Readings in the 21st Ce,Used
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About the AuthorStephanie S. Halldorson is an independent scholar.Product DescriptionThis book sets out to write nothing short of a new theory of the heroic for today's world. It delves into the 'why' of the hero as a natural companion piece to the 'how' of the hero as written by Northrop Frye and Joseph Campbell over half a century ago. The novels of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo serve as an anchor to the theory as it challenges our notions of what is heroic about nymphomaniacs, Holocaust survivors, spurious academics, cult followers, terrorists, celebrities, photographers and writers of novels who all attempt to claim the right to be 'hero.'Review'Aiming to change how we think about the cult of the individual that is, about what the hero, the antihero, and the heroic can mean in the United States of our day Halldorson is not afraid to tackle big topics (and they don t come much bigger than this). This intellectually daring study combines astute historical contextualizing and canny theoretical reconceptualizing with brilliant close readings of texts by two major American novelists.' Linda Hutcheon, University of Toronto'This book presentsa serious, substantive discussiononBellow and DeLillo and the subject of heroes. Halldorsonoffersperhaps the strongest and most provocative reading of DeLillo s Mao II that I ve encountered. Her assertions that the hero is always and only built upon a fictional narrative, and that the hero depends on the existence of the nonhero, even though there s no place for the nonhero in America, areintriguing andconvincingly supported.' Curtis Yehnert, Western Oregon University'Halldorson s original and innovative construction of a heroics of reading is a valuable contribution to the dramatic revival of the ethical turn in literary and theoretical inquiry. Halldorson is also a masterful reader of community and identity in DeLillo and Bellow, one who is richly attuned to their complex narrative investments.' Thomas Carmichael, University of Western Ontario
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