Deadly Musings : Violence and Verbal Form in American Fiction.

Deadly Musings : Violence and Verbal Form in American Fiction.

"Violent scenes in American fiction are not only brutal, bleak, and gratuitous," writes Michael Kowalewski. "They are also, by turns, comic, witty, poignant, and sometimes, strangely enough, even terrifyingly beautiful." In this fascinating tour of American fiction, Kowalewski ex...

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Main Author: Kowalewski, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Violence in literature.
Literary style.
Literary form.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Literary form
Literary style
Violence in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents.

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