Part blood, part ketchup
Subtitle: coming of age in American literature and film
By: Karen R. Tolchin
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Bildungsromans -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-122) and index
Table of contents: title: An overview of the American character; title: Alexander Portnoy meets Young Werther and Lucky Jim; title: Optimism, innocence, and angst in The catcher in the rye; title: Violence, lunacy, and family values in The world according to Garp; title: Edith Wharton's house of angst; title: Never enough blessings : Jamaica Kincaid and the postcolonial complaint