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Aggressive fictions reading the contemporary American novel

Title
Aggressive fictions [electronic resource] : reading the contemporary American novel / Kathryn Hume.
Author
Hume, Kathryn, 1945-
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource.
Uniform Title
Aggressive fictions (Online)
Alternative Title
Aggressive fictions (Online)
Subject
  • Aggressiveness in literature
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism
  • Aversion in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Contents
The author-reader contract -- The narrative speed in contemporary fiction -- Modalities of complaint -- Conjugations of the grotesque -- Violence -- Attacking the reader's ontological assumptions -- Why read aggressive fictions?
ISBN
9780801462887
LCCN
2019725734
OCLC
ssj0000870129
Author
Hume, Kathryn, 1945-
Title
Aggressive fictions [electronic resource] : reading the contemporary American novel / Kathryn Hume.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Other Form:
Print version: Hume, Kathryn, 1945- Aggressive fictions Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012 9780801450013 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2011022561
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