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Repression and realism in post-war American literature [electronic resource] /

by Mercer, Erin; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: American literature readings in the 21st century: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: viii, 249 p.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Repression (Psychology) in literature | Realism in literature | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


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