Allegories of violence
Subtitle: tracing the writing of war in twentieth-century fiction
By: Lidia Yuknavitch.
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Acker, Kathy, 1948-; Silko, Leslie, 1948-; Lessing, Doris May, 1919-; Heinemann, Larry; DeLillo, Don; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; War and literature -- English-speaking countries; War stories, American -- History and criticism; War stories, English -- History and criticism; Violence in literature; Allegory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter I.; title: Introduction: War, History and Narrative; title: Chapter II.; title: Vietnam and Narrative Reflexivity; title: Chapter III.; title: War as Narrative Discourse; title: Chapter IV.; title: Nuclear Ideology and Narrative Displacement; title: Chapter V.; title: War, Sexuality, and Narrative; title: Chapter VI.; title: Narrative Fragmentation: Toward an American; title: Resistance Literature; title: Chapter VII.; title: Conclusion: The Writing of War; title: Bibliography; title: Index.