Dissecting The Long Dream: The Revelation of Secrets on the Path to Manhood
2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 39; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00064246.2009.11413482
ISSN2162-5387
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
Resumoels in the local black community. He is in the business of bodies. Bodies are mutilated, sold, lusted after, burned, and buried throughout the novel. Roughly a fourth of the way through, the central character of Rex (Fishbelly) Tucker is taken to his father's funeral parlor and forced to witness the autopsy of the body of Chris Sims, a friend of his who was killed and disfigured by a lynch mob. While this very graphic scene which depicts the bodily mutilation of Chris is one of the most discussed scenes in the
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