The spaces of violence / 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.

Space (Architecture) in literature.

Space and time in literature.

Personal space in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Probes the interrelationship of violence and space in 10 contemporary American novels. James R. Giles examines 10 novels for the unique ways they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. These texts are Russell Banks's Affliction, Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God, Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle, Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, Don DeLillo's End Zone, Denis Johnson's Angels, Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer, Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers, and Bret Easton Ellis's America

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8280-1

OCLC:

647817489