LEADER 02469oam 22005054a 450 001 9910741900903321 005 20200402172019.0 010 $a1-61117-963-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000007745724 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5722909 035 $a(OCoLC)1048017023 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse72061 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007745724 100 $a20180717d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJesting in Earnest$ePercival Everett and Menippean Satire /$fDerek C. Maus 210 1$aColumbia, South Carolina :$cThe University of South Carolina Press,$d[2019] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2019 210 4$dİ[2019] 215 $a1 online resource (192 pages) 311 $a1-61117-962-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAn 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. 330 $a"When writing about Percival Everett, it has become customary to begin with a caveat that the conspicuous variety within his body of work will inherently frustrate any attempts at definitive classification. This selection of texts spans nearly the full length of Everett's career as a writer and includes his most popular works as well as some of his more obscure ones. It is intended as a sampling of the whole, not a ranked list; one should not infer from the emphasis on these fourteen works that Everett's remaining sixteen books are necessarily of lesser significance or lesser quality"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAfrican American authors$vBiography 606 $aAmerican literature$xClassical influences 606 $aSatire$xClassical influences 606 $aSatire, American$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American authors 615 0$aAmerican literature$xClassical influences. 615 0$aSatire$xClassical influences. 615 0$aSatire, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813/.54 700 $aMaus$b Derek C.$01131356 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910741900903321 996 $aJesting in Earnest$93557367 997 $aUNINA