After the end of history: American fiction in the 1990s

Introduction : the end of history

1. After enlightenment : Mason & Dixon and the ampersand

2. After the fall : Roth and the 1960s

3. After Identity : Morrison and genealogy

4. How to tell a true Cold War story : O'Brien, Didion, and closure

5. History is what heals : 9/11 and narrative in eugenides and Lethem

Afterword : DeLillo and the anticipation of retrospection.