{"product_id":"outside-america-the-temporal-turn-in-contemporary-american-fiction-1441161872","title":"Outside, America: The Temporal Turn in Contemporary American Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1441161872\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fujii, Hikaru\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduct DescriptionThe idea of the \"outside\" as a space of freedom has always been central in the literature of the United States. This concept still remains active in contemporary American fiction; however, its function is being significantly changed. Outside, America argues that, among contemporary American novelists, a shift of focus to the temporal dimension is taking place. No longer a spatial movement, the quest for the outside now seeks to reach the idea of time as a force of difference, a la Deleuze, by which the current subjectivity is transformed. In other words, the concept is taking a \"temporal turn.\"Discussing eight novelists, including Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Paul Theroux, and Annie Proulx, each of whose works describe forces of given identities-masculine identity, historical temporality, and power, etc.-which block quests for the outside, Fujii shows how the outside in these texts ceases to be a spatial idea. With due attention to critical and social contexts, the book aims to reveal a profound shift in contemporary American fiction.About the AuthorHikaru Fujii is Assistant Professor of English Department at Doshisha University, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51929892520224,"sku":"NEW1441161872","price":168.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/outside-america-the-temporal-turn-in-contemporary-american-fiction-1441161872","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}