The prestige of violence : American fiction, 1962-2007 / Sally Bachner.

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Main Author:	Bachner, Sally, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011.
Subjects:	1900-1999 American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Violence in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. American fiction Violence in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

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.

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