The Resource Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence, James R. Giles
Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence, James R. Giles
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The item Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence, James R. Giles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages)
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Introduction: Innocence dying younger
- Dedalus in the Dood Kamer: William Kennedy's Quinn's book
- The context of American innocence: Caleb Carr's The alienist
- The Ducky Boys and the urban punk killing machine: Richard Price's The wanderers
- A postmodern children's crusade: John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia fire
- Nature despoiled and artificial: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street
- Violence and the immanence of the "thing unknown": Cormac McCarthy's Suttree
- Redemptive landscape, malevolent city: Scott Momaday's House made of dawn
- Discovering a substitute for salvation: John Rechy's The miraculous day of Amalia Gómez
- Conclusion: Girl X and the country of last things
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Label
- Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence
- Title
- Violence in the contemporary American novel
- Title remainder
- an end to innocence
- Statement of responsibility
- James R. Giles
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1937-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Giles, James Richard
- Dewey number
- 813/.5409355
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS374.V58
- LC item number
- G55 2000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American fiction
- Violence in literature
- Literature and society
- City and town life in literature
- Inner cities in literature
- Minorities in literature
- Label
- Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence, James R. Giles
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-153) and index
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: Innocence dying younger -- Dedalus in the Dood Kamer: William Kennedy's Quinn's book -- The context of American innocence: Caleb Carr's The alienist -- The Ducky Boys and the urban punk killing machine: Richard Price's The wanderers -- A postmodern children's crusade: John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia fire -- Nature despoiled and artificial: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street -- Violence and the immanence of the "thing unknown": Cormac McCarthy's Suttree -- Redemptive landscape, malevolent city: Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Discovering a substitute for salvation: John Rechy's The miraculous day of Amalia Gómez -- Conclusion: Girl X and the country of last things -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036913392
- Label
- Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence, James R. Giles
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-153) and index
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: Innocence dying younger -- Dedalus in the Dood Kamer: William Kennedy's Quinn's book -- The context of American innocence: Caleb Carr's The alienist -- The Ducky Boys and the urban punk killing machine: Richard Price's The wanderers -- A postmodern children's crusade: John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia fire -- Nature despoiled and artificial: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street -- Violence and the immanence of the "thing unknown": Cormac McCarthy's Suttree -- Redemptive landscape, malevolent city: Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Discovering a substitute for salvation: John Rechy's The miraculous day of Amalia Gómez -- Conclusion: Girl X and the country of last things -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 161 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036913392
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