Violence in the contemporary American novel : an end to innocence /
Giles, James Richard,1937-
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-153) and index.
Preface -- Introduction: Innocence dying younger -- Dedalus in the Dood Kamer: William Kennedy's Quinn's book -- The context of American innocence: Caleb Carr's The alienist -- The Ducky Boys and the urban punk killing machine: Richard Price's The wanderers -- A postmodern children's crusade: John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia fire -- Nature despoiled and artificial: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street -- Violence and the immanence of the "thing unknown": Cormac McCarthy's Suttree -- Redemptive landscape, malevolent city: Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Discovering a substitute for salvation: John Rechy's The miraculous day of Amalia Gm̤ez -- Conclusion: Girl X and the country of last things -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
American fiction
Violence in literature.
Literature and society
City and town life in literature.
Inner cities in literature.
Minorities in literature.