Suburban ambush : downtown writing and the fiction of insurgency / Robert Siegle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegle, Robert.

Series:

Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)

Parallax : re-visions of culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental fiction--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

Experimental fiction.

New York (State)--New York.

American fiction--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

City and town life in literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life.

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life.

National Book Committee.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xvii, 412 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1989]

Summary:

'Suburban Ambush' tells the story of the reinvention of American fiction. It draws its title from a piece by Ron Kolm which has appeared in several versions and nearly twenty magazines around the world: the conceit of a military strike on the heart of Suburbia has considerable resonance.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [403]-406.

ISBN:

0801838479

0801838541

OCLC:

19628568