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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457671403321

Autore

Bachner Sally <1970->

Titolo

The prestige of violence [[electronic resource] ] : American fiction, 1962-2007 / / Sally Bachner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25291-0

9786613252913

0-8203-4135-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

813/.5209

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Violence in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The prestige of violence: American fiction, 1962-2007 -- Zembla in The New York Times: Pale fire's historical violence -- Monks and "The mind of Watts": Vietnam in The crying of Lot 49 -- Americanizing Vietnam in Mailer's The armies of the night -- Veterans of sex: feminist fiction and the rise of PTSD -- "Words generally only spoil things": fantasy, testimony, and trauma in the work of Philip Roth -- "The hammers striking the page": Don DeLillo and the violent politics of language -- After the aftermath: American fiction since 2007.