The prestige of violence

Bachner, Sally, 1970-

The prestige of violence American fiction, 1962-2007 / [electronic resource] : Sally Bachner. - Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2011. - viii, 172 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The prestige of violence: American fiction, 1962-2007 -- Zembla in The New York Times: Pale fire's historical violence -- Monks and "The mind of Watts": Vietnam in The crying of Lot 49 -- Americanizing Vietnam in Mailer's The armies of the night -- Veterans of sex: feminist fiction and the rise of PTSD -- "Words generally only spoil things": fantasy, testimony, and trauma in the work of Philip Roth -- "The hammers striking the page": Don DeLillo and the violent politics of language -- After the aftermath: American fiction since 2007.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Violence in literature.


Electronic books.

PS374.V58 / B33 2011eb

813/.5209