John Irving and cultural mourning [electronic resource] /
Bouchra Belgaid.
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
- 193 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-186) and indexes.
Introduction -- 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Irving, John, 1942- --Criticism and interpretation. Irving, John, 1942- --Political and social views.
Narcissism in literature. Grief in literature. Literature and society--History--United States--20th century. Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.