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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Buehrer, David
Titre(s) : The psychology of social class in the fiction of Russell Banks, Denis Johnson and Harry Crews [Texte imprimé] : neo-realism, naturalism, and humanism in contemporary fiction / David Buehrer ; with a foreword by Daniel Royot
Publication : Lewiston (N.Y.) : the Edwin Mellen press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-213 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : 1. Introduction: On "New" realisms and why class matters to the fiction of Banks,
Johnson, and Crews ; Review of literature ; State of the question/problem: A matter
of form, question of class ; Thesis/Solution to problem: Realism, class consciousness,
Neo-Humanism ; Methodology of argument ; On primary/secondary sources used to prove
argument's validity ; II. Russell Banks and the psychological burdens of class: Affliction
and The angel on the roof ; Banks and the role of class "affliction" ; When "The
child screams and looks back at you": The psychology of class in The angel on the
roof ; III. Denis Johnson's psychological paradoxes: Class and the quest for identity
in Resuscitation of a Hanged Man and Tree of Smoke ; The "Institutional man" as "Knight
of faith": Resuscitation of a Hanged man ; "No direction home": Class determinism
and the Vietnam war narrative revisited in Tree of Smoke ; Crews's Blues: Naturalistic
determinism and class consciousness in A Feast of Snakes and Body: A tragicomedy
; "Down the shitter to Nowhere land": Naturalist survival of the fittest in Body:
A tragicomedy ; Conclusion: A "New" humanism in American fiction?
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-201) and index
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Royot, Daniel (1933-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Banks, Russell (1940-2023) -- Thèmes, motifs
Johnson, Denis (1949-2017) -- Thèmes, motifs
Crews, Harry (1935-2012) -- Thèmes, motifs
Classes sociales -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773400603. - ISBN 0773400605 (rel.). - ISBN 9780006040653 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450184937
Notice n° :
FRBNF45018493
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