New Essays on Wise Blood

Klappentext Four essays which use new approaches to explore this familiar work of a 'classic' American author. Zusammenfassung This 1995 volume of critical essays on Wise Blood! Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel! not only questions our understanding of the 'Southern Gothic' but launches a new inquiry into the nature and history of O'Connor's critical reputation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Michael Kreyling; 2. A fondness for supermarkets: Wise Blood and consumer culture Jon Lance Bacon; 3. Framed in the gaze: haze, Wise Blood and Lacanian reading James Mellard; 4. 'Jesus stab me in the heart!': Wise Blood wounding and sacramental aesthetics Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr; 5. The woman without any bones: anti-angel aggression in Wise Blood Patricia Smith Yeager; Notes.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Kreyling, Michael (Vanderbilt University Kreyling
• Mitarbeit: Emory Elliot (Herausgeber), Michael Kreyling (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.01.1995
• EAN: 9780521445740
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44574-0
• Seiten: 140
• Serien: Amn; The American Novel
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form