03124nam 2200625 a 450 991082013030332120240501042708.00-8173-8280-1(CKB)1000000000774945(EBL)454547(OCoLC)647817489(SSID)ssj0000249224(PQKBManifestationID)11221951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249224(PQKBWorkID)10223499(PQKB)11758887(MdBmJHUP)muse9270(Au-PeEL)EBL454547(CaPaEBR)ebr10309839(MiAaPQ)EBC454547(EXLCZ)99100000000077494520050801d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe spaces of violence /James R. Giles1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1502-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.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.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 AmericaAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismViolence in literatureSpace (Architecture) in literatureSpace and time in literaturePersonal space in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Violence in literature.Space (Architecture) in literature.Space and time in literature.Personal space in literature.813/.54093552Giles James Richard1937-465415MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820130303321The spaces of violence3934457UNINA