the collage of styles on the,page opposite. We have seen new influences in the Southern novel and the Jewish novel, the Academic novel, even the nonfiction novel. Here four scholars discuss the American writers-from Saul Bellow to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.-who have gained prominence since World War 11. Earl Rovit describes what these writers have in common. Jerome Klinkowitz ex- plores their uses of humor. Melvin J. Friedman scans the entire postwar period. Tony Tanner, an Englishman, examines the major...