LEADER 02403nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910463276303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-61387-5 010 $a0-7391-3795-6 010 $a9786613926326 035 $a(CKB)3360000000435066 035 $a(EBL)1037693 035 $a(OCoLC)855502439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720999 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12328532 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720999 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10687692 035 $a(PQKB)10499843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1037693 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1037693 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10606802 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL392632 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000435066 100 $a20100927d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Irving and cultural mourning$b[electronic resource] /$fBouchra Belgaid 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-3793-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-186) and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction -- Postmodernism or the literature of exhaustion -- The sixties: years of throwing off inhibitions -- Irving's family romances -- Irving and narcissism -- Mourning and grief in Irving's fiction -- Epilogue. The fourth hand and groping toward self-redemption. 330 $aJohn Irving and Cultural Mourning offers a chronological survey of his eleven novels, examining his prose via thematically focused chapters on postmodernism, the sixties, fatherhood, narcissism, mourning and finally self-redemption. 606 $aNarcissism in literature 606 $aGrief in literature 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPostmodernism (Literature)$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNarcissism in literature. 615 0$aGrief in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aPostmodernism (Literature) 676 $a813/.54 700 $aBelgaid$b Bouchra$f1972-$0877706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463276303321 996 $aJohn Irving and cultural mourning$91959788 997 $aUNINA