Aggressive Fictions: Reading the Contemporary American Novel

by Kathryn Hume

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A frequent complaint against contemporary American fiction is that too often it puts off readers in ways they find difficult to fathom. Books such as Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho, Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, and Don DeLillo's Underworld seem determined to upset, disgust, or annoy their readers--or to disorient them by shunning traditional plot patterns and character development. Kathryn Hume calls such works "aggressive...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801450012

ISBN13:9780801450013

Release Date:January 2012

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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