Detroit in literature explained
The role of Detroit, Michigan, and in literature has been significantly discussed, including in academic works.[1] [2] [3] The city and its suburbs, is the setting for a number of novels and short story collections,[4] including:
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932 (Journey to the End of the Night, 1934)
- Harriette Arnow, The Dollmaker 1954
- Rainelle Burton, The Root Worker, 2001
- Jim Daniels, Detroit Tales 2003
- Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides 1993 and Middlesex 2002
- Arthur Hailey, Wheels 1971
- Gary Hardwick, The Executioner's Game 2005
- William X. Kienzle, The Rosary Murders 1979
- Elmore Leonard, City Primeval: Detroit at High Noon 1980
- Joyce Carol Oates, them 1968
- Harold Robbins, The Betsy 1971
- James O'Barr, The Crow 1981
- Marge Piercy, "Braided Lives"
- Patrick O'Leary, Door Number Three 1995
- Jeffry Scott Hansen Warpath 2003
- Paul Clemens, Made in Detroit 2005
- Alexander C. Irvine, The Narrows 2005
- Joe Borri, Eight Dogs Named Jack 2007
- Frank Anthony Polito, Band Fags! 2008
- Michael Zadoorian, Second Hand 2000, The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit 2009, Beautiful Music 2018 and The Narcissism of Small Differences 2020
Notes and References
- Andrews, Clarence A. Michigan in Literature. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992. . Chapter 15: "Detroit in Literature--the French city and the motor city --"
- Preston, Peter, and Paul Simpson-Housley. Writing the City: Eden, Babylon, and the New Jerusalem. London: Routledge, 1994.
- Kenyon, Amy Maria. Dreaming Suburbia Detroit and the Production of Postwar Space and Culture. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004. OCLC 871802014
- Anna Clark "Reading American cities: books about Detroit" The Guardian May 22, 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/22/reading-american-cities-books-about-detroit
