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The prestige of violence

Bachner, Sally, 1970-

The prestige of violence American fiction, 1962-2007 / [electronic resource] : Sally Bachner. - Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (184 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Violence in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic books.

PS374.V58 / B33 2011

813/.5209