The quiet contemporary American novel
Sykes, Rachel![The quiet contemporary American novel](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/377/37740935/CHSBZCOP0337740935.jpg)
This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction. In doing so, it makes two critical interventions. Firstly, it maps the neglected history of quiet fictions, arguing that from Hester Prynne to Clarissa Dalloway, from Bartleby to William Stoner, the Western tradition is filled with quiet characters. Secondly...