Novels of the contemporary extreme
2007; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 44; Issue: 06 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.44-3131
ISSN1943-5975
AutoresAlain-Philippe Durand, Naomi Mandel,
Tópico(s)Latin American Literature Analysis
ResumoAcknowledgements Contributors Introduction Alian-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel PART I: AMERICAS 1. 'Right Here in Nowheres': American Psycho and Violence's Critique Naomi Mandel 2. Telling doubles and Literal Minded Reading in Bret Easton Ellis' Glamorama Henrik Skov Nielsen 3. Posthumous Voice and Residual Presence in Don DeLillo's The Body Artist Mikko Keskinen 4. A Post-Apocalyptic World: The Excremental, Abject Female Warriors of Josee Yvon Paula Ruth Gilbert with Colleen Lester 5. On the Impossibility of Being Contemporary in Nelly Arcan's Folle Martine Delvaux 6. Media-Portrayed Violence in Alberto Fuguet's Tinta roja Jason G. Summers PART II: EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST 7. Sadomasochism, Castration and Rape: Richard Morgieve's Nightmare Theater of Primal Scenes Ralph Schoolcraft 8. Dantec's Inferno Lawrence R. Schehr 9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de siecles in the French Novel Sabine van Wesemael 10. Beyond The Extreme: Frederic Beigbeder's Windows on the World Alain-Philippe Durand. 11. Amelie Nothomb's Dialectic of the Sublime and the Grotesque Martine Guyot-Bender 12. Violence Biting Its Own Tail: Martin Amis's Yellow Dog Jean-Michel Ganteau 13. Beauty and Death as Simulacra in Ray Loriga's Caidos del cielo and El hombre que invento Manhattan Kathryn Everly 14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Lucia Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas Catherine Bourland Ross 15- On Human Parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli Extreme Adia Mendelson-Maoz Bibliography Index.
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