The "image-event" in the early post-9/11 novel : literary representations of terror after September 11, 2001 / / Ewa Kowal [[electronic resource]]
| The "image-event" in the early post-9/11 novel : literary representations of terror after September 11, 2001 / / Ewa Kowal [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Kowal Ewa |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 813/.6093587393 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature Terrorism in literature September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Influence |
| ISBN | 83-233-8491-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD: WORD ON TERROR; INTRODUCTION: THE IMAGE(-EVENT); CHAPTER I: (AUDIO-)VISUAL MEDIA IN THE POST-9/11 NOVEL; I.1. Technology; I.2. The Pattern; I.3. Media in the post-9/11 novel; I.4. "Bigger, brighter, life's so short"- inflammable art in the post-9/11 novel; CHAPTER II: FORM; CHAPTER III: MOTIFS OF CHILDHOOD AND MAGICAL THINKING IN THE POST-9/11 NOVEL; III.1. The "proto-child"; III.2. The figure of the "child"; III.3. Magical thinking (1); III.4. Motifs of childhood and magical thinking in the post-9/11 novel
III.5. The post-9/11 novel in the Language ClassroomIII.6. Magical thinking (2): Magic - "the most childish of skills"; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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The "image-event" in the early post-9/11 novel : literary representations of terror after September 11, 2001 / / Ewa Kowal [[electronic resource]]
| The "image-event" in the early post-9/11 novel : literary representations of terror after September 11, 2001 / / Ewa Kowal [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Kowal Ewa |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 813/.6093587393 |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature Terrorism in literature September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Influence |
| ISBN | 83-233-8491-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD: WORD ON TERROR; INTRODUCTION: THE IMAGE(-EVENT); CHAPTER I: (AUDIO-)VISUAL MEDIA IN THE POST-9/11 NOVEL; I.1. Technology; I.2. The Pattern; I.3. Media in the post-9/11 novel; I.4. "Bigger, brighter, life's so short"- inflammable art in the post-9/11 novel; CHAPTER II: FORM; CHAPTER III: MOTIFS OF CHILDHOOD AND MAGICAL THINKING IN THE POST-9/11 NOVEL; III.1. The "proto-child"; III.2. The figure of the "child"; III.3. Magical thinking (1); III.4. Motifs of childhood and magical thinking in the post-9/11 novel
III.5. The post-9/11 novel in the Language ClassroomIII.6. Magical thinking (2): Magic - "the most childish of skills"; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790215503321 |
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| Krakow : , : Jagiellonian University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Adventures of the Spirit : The Older Woman in the Works of Doris, Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and Other Contemporary Women Writers / / edited by Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis
| Adventures of the Spirit : The Older Woman in the Works of Doris, Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and Other Contemporary Women Writers / / edited by Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 810.9/9287 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PerrakisPhyllis Sternberg |
| Soggetto topico |
Old age in literature
Older women in literature Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature Women and literature American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Canadian fiction - 21st century - History and criticism Canadian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Canadian fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524666703321 |
| Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aggressive fictions : reading the contemporary American novel / / Kathryn Hume
| Aggressive fictions : reading the contemporary American novel / / Kathryn Hume |
| Autore | Hume Kathryn <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aggressiveness in literature
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6288-6
0-8014-6287-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The author-reader contract -- The narrative speed in contemporary fiction -- Modalities of complaint -- Conjugations of the grotesque -- Violence -- Attacking the reader's ontological assumptions -- Why read aggressive fictions? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463411103321 |
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aggressive fictions : reading the contemporary American novel / / Kathryn Hume
| Aggressive fictions : reading the contemporary American novel / / Kathryn Hume |
| Autore | Hume Kathryn <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aggressiveness in literature
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6288-6
0-8014-6287-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The author-reader contract -- The narrative speed in contemporary fiction -- Modalities of complaint -- Conjugations of the grotesque -- Violence -- Attacking the reader's ontological assumptions -- Why read aggressive fictions? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788219803321 |
Hume Kathryn <1945->
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aggressive fictions : reading the contemporary American novel / / Kathryn Hume
| Aggressive fictions : reading the contemporary American novel / / Kathryn Hume |
| Autore | Hume Kathryn <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.5409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aggressiveness in literature
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6288-6
0-8014-6287-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The author-reader contract -- The narrative speed in contemporary fiction -- Modalities of complaint -- Conjugations of the grotesque -- Violence -- Attacking the reader's ontological assumptions -- Why read aggressive fictions? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815189203321 |
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American migrant fictions : space, narrative, identity / / by Sonia Weiner
| American migrant fictions : space, narrative, identity / / by Sonia Weiner |
| Autore | Weiner Sonia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 813.5409 |
| Collana | Costerusn new series |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism Space and time in literature Liminality in literature Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 21st century American literature - Minority authors Immigrants' writings, American Space in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-36401-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Introduction: The Spatial Aesthetics of Transnationalism and Translingualism -- Double Visions and Aesthetics of the Migratory: Aleksandar Hemon’s Lazarus Project -- Cohesive Fragments: GB Tran’s Graphic Memoir Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey -- Shape Shifting and the Shifting of Shapes: Migration and Transformation in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -- “Weathering the Divide between There and Here”: In-between Spaces in Boris Fishman’s A Replacement Life -- Translation and Transcreation in Vikram Chandra’s Red Earth and Pouring Rain. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479857903321 |
Weiner Sonia
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American migrant fictions : space, narrative, identity / / by Sonia Weiner
| American migrant fictions : space, narrative, identity / / by Sonia Weiner |
| Autore | Weiner Sonia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 813.5409 |
| Collana | Costerusn new series |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism Space and time in literature Liminality in literature Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 21st century American literature - Minority authors Immigrants' writings, American Space in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 90-04-36401-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Introduction: The Spatial Aesthetics of Transnationalism and Translingualism -- Double Visions and Aesthetics of the Migratory: Aleksandar Hemon’s Lazarus Project -- Cohesive Fragments: GB Tran’s Graphic Memoir Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey -- Shape Shifting and the Shifting of Shapes: Migration and Transformation in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -- “Weathering the Divide between There and Here”: In-between Spaces in Boris Fishman’s A Replacement Life -- Translation and Transcreation in Vikram Chandra’s Red Earth and Pouring Rain. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793004403321 |
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American migrant fictions : space, narrative, identity / / by Sonia Weiner
| American migrant fictions : space, narrative, identity / / by Sonia Weiner |
| Autore | Weiner Sonia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 813.5409 |
| Collana | Costerusn new series |
| Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American literature - Minority authors - History and criticism Space and time in literature Liminality in literature Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 21st century American literature - Minority authors Immigrants' writings, American Space in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 90-04-36401-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Introduction: The Spatial Aesthetics of Transnationalism and Translingualism -- Double Visions and Aesthetics of the Migratory: Aleksandar Hemon’s Lazarus Project -- Cohesive Fragments: GB Tran’s Graphic Memoir Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey -- Shape Shifting and the Shifting of Shapes: Migration and Transformation in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -- “Weathering the Divide between There and Here”: In-between Spaces in Boris Fishman’s A Replacement Life -- Translation and Transcreation in Vikram Chandra’s Red Earth and Pouring Rain. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812884303321 |
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Rodopi, , [2018] | ||
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Biofictions : race, genetics and the contemporary novel / / Josie Gill
| Biofictions : race, genetics and the contemporary novel / / Josie Gill |
| Autore | Gill Josie |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.92093529 |
| Collana | Explorations in science and literature |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism Race in literature Science in literature |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction 1. The Roots of African Eve: Science Writing on Human Origins and Alex Haley's Roots 2. Race, Genetic Ancestry Tracing and Facial Expression: "Focusing on the Faces" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go 3. "One Part Truth and Three Parts Fiction": Race, Science and Narrative in Zadie Smith's White Teeth 4. "The Sick Swollen Heart of This Land": Pharmacogenomics, Racial Medicine and Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt 5. Mutilation and Mutation: Epigenetics and Racist Environments in Octavia Butler's Kindred and Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses Conclusion Bibliography Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910420856403321 |
Gill Josie
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| Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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