Anti-Hero in the American Novel: From Joseph Heller to Kurt Vonnegut(American Literature Readings in the 21st Century)

Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works.