The spaces of violence [electronic resource] / James R. Giles.
By: Giles, James Richard.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006Description: xv, 209 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Violence in literature | Space (Architecture) in literature | Space and time in literature | Personal space in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 813/.54093552 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.
Violence and space -- Discovering fourthspace in Appalachia : Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God -- Russell Banks's Affliction : "all those solitary dumb angry men" -- Of vultures, eyeballs, and parrots : Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle -- The myth of the Boatright Men : Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Playing for death : Don Delillo's End Zone -- Drifting through Urantia : greyhound space in Denis Johnson's Angels -- The return of John Smith : Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer -- "The Battle of Bob Hope" and "The Great Elephant Zap" : Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers -- "I hope you didn't go into raw space without me": Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho -- Violence and family structures.
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