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Subject of the Event

by Sebastian Huber

American fiction, history and criticism, 21st centuryPhilosophy in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticismEvents (Philosophy) in literatureSubject (Philosophy) in literatureLITERARY CRITICISMGeneral

"Examines the conception of events and subjects in five contemporary American novels: Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006), Jess Walter's The Zero (2006), Mark Z. Danielewski's Only Revolutions (2006), Paul Beatty's Slumberland (2008) and Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day (2006)"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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