Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence / James R. Giles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giles, James Richard, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American fiction.

Violence in literature.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

United States.

History.

City and town life in literature.

Inner cities in literature.

Minorities in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 161 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2000]

Summary:

Analyzes the response of fiction writers to the epidemic of urban American violence.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: "Innocence dying younger"

Dedalus in the Dood Kamer: William Kennedy's Quinn's book

The "context" of American innocence: Caleb Carr's The alienist

The Ducky Boys and the "urban punk killing machine": Richard Price's The wanderers

A postmodern children's crusade: John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia fire

Nature despoiled and artificial: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street

Violence and the immanence of the "thing unknown": Cormac McCarthy's Suttree

Redemptive landscape, malevolent city: Scott Momaday's House made of dawn

Discovering a substitute for salvation: John Rechy's The miraculous day of Amalia Gómez

Conclusion: Girl X and the country of last things

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-153) and index.

ISBN:

1570033285

OCLC:

41076122