{"product_id":"no-exit-contemporary-american-literature-and-the-state-paperback","title":"No Exit: Contemporary American Literature and the State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeth McKelvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's authors and the unfulfilled desire to escape the state\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From hippie culture to neoliberalism to Black Lives Matter, anti-state sentiment and rhetoric persists through varying--and sometimes electorally opposed--forms in American politics and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Examining the work of some of the leading authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries--including William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, Richard Wright, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, Karen Tei Yamashita, Junot Díaz, Juliana Spahr, and Nathaniel Mackey--Seth McKelvey offers a new perspective on American literature's many conceptions of an escape from the political state. Through close readings of texts varied in their political orientations, historical concerns, literary genres, and aesthetic commitments, \u003ci\u003eNo Exit\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a provocative overlap between literary and political representation, showing just how urgent yet difficult it has been for American literature to imagine leaving the state behind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeth McKelvey\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer in English at Clemson University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704283951411,"sku":"9780813953076","price":78.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UY_RG69Stf9780813953076.webp?v=1763351752","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/no-exit-contemporary-american-literature-and-the-state-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}