Understanding Chuck Palahniuk

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Keesey is a professor of film and literature at California Polytechnic State University. His published work on American literature includes a book on Don DeLillo and essays on James Dickey, Stephen King, and Thomas Pynchon. Keesey is also the author of books on Catherine Breillat, Brian De Palma, Peter Greenaway, and Paul Verhoeven, as well as on neo-noir and erotic cinema. Klappentext In close readings of Fight Club and the thirteen novels that this controversial author has published since, Douglas Keesey argues that Palahniuk is much more than a "shock jock” engaged in mere sensationalism. Keesey takes issue with reviewers who accuse Palahniuk of being an angry nihilist and a misanthrope, showing instead that he is really a romantic at heart and a believer in community. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive introduction to the fictions of the Fight Club author! who is both loved and loathed

About the author

Douglas Keesey is a professor of film and literature at California Polytechnic State University. His published work on American literature includes a book on Don DeLillo and essays on James Dickey, Stephen King, and Thomas Pynchon. Keesey is also the author of books on Catherine Breillat, Brian De Palma, Peter Greenaway, and Paul Verhoeven, as well as on neo-noir and erotic cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Keesey
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781611176971
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-697-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature; Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies