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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778043303321

Autore

Giles James Richard <1937->

Titolo

The spaces of violence [[electronic resource] /] / James R. Giles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8173-8280-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54093552

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Violence in literature

Space (Architecture) in literature

Space and time in literature

Personal space in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Violence and space -- Discovering fourthspace in Appalachia : Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God -- Russell Banks's Affliction : "all those solitary dumb angry men" -- Of vultures, eyeballs, and parrots : Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle -- The myth of the Boatright Men : Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Playing for death : Don Delillo's End Zone -- Drifting through Urantia : greyhound space in Denis Johnson's Angels -- The return of John Smith : Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer -- "The Battle of Bob Hope" and "The Great Elephant Zap" : Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers -- "I hope you didn't go into raw space without me": Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho -- Violence and family structures.

Sommario/riassunto

Probes the interrelationship of violence and space in 10 contemporary American novels.     James R. Giles examines 10 novels for the unique ways they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. These texts are Russell Banks's Affliction, Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God, Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle, Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, Don DeLillo's End Zone, Denis Johnson's Angels, Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer, Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers, and Bret Easton Ellis's America