Reading Michael Chabon
eBook - PDF

Reading Michael Chabon

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Reading Michael Chabon

About this book

The world of Michael Chabon comes alive in the first full-length, analytical guide devoted to this brilliantly creative writer. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is considered one of the most distinguished contemporary American novelists. Reading Michael Chabon, the first full-length volume on the writer, views his career as bridging the gap between literary and popular culture. Designed for book club members and high school and college students, this reference guide will help readers keep track of Chabon's intricate plots and draw thematic connections between and among his major novels. It will also help them understand his fiction as cultural commentary on contemporary masculinity and Jewish identity. The book treats both Chabon's life and work, including film adaptations of his novels, his love affair with comics, and his forays into detective and adventure fiction. A chapter is dedicated to each of his major novels, including Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and The Yiddish Policemen's Union.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1 Michael Chabon: A Writer’s Life
  6. Chapter 2 Michael Chabon and the Novel
  7. Chapter 3 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988)
  8. Chapter 4 Wonder Boys (1995)
  9. Chapter 5 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000)
  10. Chapter 6 The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)
  11. Chapter 7 Today’s Issues in Michael Chabon’s Work
  12. Chapter 8 Pop Culture in Michael Chabon’s Work
  13. Chapter 9 Michael Chabon on the Internet
  14. Chapter 10 Michael Chabon and the Media
  15. Chapter 11 What Do I Read Next?
  16. Resources
  17. Index