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Repression and realism in post-war American literature

Title
Repression and realism in post-war American literature / Erin Mercer.
Author
Mercer, Erin, 1977-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description
viii, 249 p.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
American literature readings in the twenty-first century
Uniform Title
American literature readings in the 21st century.
Subject
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Repression (Psychology) in literature
  • Realism in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-245).
Contents
Missing in action: repression, return, and the postwar uncanny -- Automatons and the atomic abyss: Norman Mailer's The naked and the dead -- Haunting and race: Ralph Ellison's Invisible man -- The sacred other: Flannery O'Connor's Wise blood -- The dubious double: Saul Bellow's The victim -- The familiar made strange: Paul Bowles' The sheltering sky -- Repression and confession: Jack Kerouac's On the road -- The concealment that fails to conceal.
Call Number
JFD 12-673
ISBN
  • 9780230111660
  • 0230111661
LCCN
2010041986
OCLC
YBP 2010041986
Author
Mercer, Erin, 1977-
Title
Repression and realism in post-war American literature / Erin Mercer.
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series
American literature readings in the twenty-first century
American literature readings in the 21st century.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-245).
Research Call Number
JFD 12-673
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