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Autore |
Maus Derek C. |
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Titolo |
Jesting in Earnest : Percival Everett and Menippean Satire / / Derek C. Maus |
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , [2019] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019 |
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©[2019] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American authors |
American literature - Classical influences |
Satire - Classical influences |
Satire, American - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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An overview of Everett's life and career -- Everett and Menippean satire -- Five exemplary Menippean satires -- Menippean satire through tonal multiplicity -- The Menippean west -- Conclusion : a post-soul (but not post-racial) postscript. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"When writing about Percival Everett, it has become customary to begin with a caveat that the conspicuous variety within his body of work will inherently frustrate any attempts at definitive classification. This selection of texts spans nearly the full length of Everett's career as a writer and includes his most popular works as well as some of his more obscure ones. It is intended as a sampling of the whole, not a ranked list; one should not infer from the emphasis on these fourteen works that Everett's remaining sixteen books are necessarily of lesser significance or lesser quality"-- |
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