Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970
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The twenty-five years after the Second World War were a lively and fertile period for the American novel and an era of momentous transformation in American society. Taking his title from the Kafka parable about the leopards who kept racing into the courtyard of the temple, disrupting the sacrifice, until they were made part of the ritual, Morris Dickstein shows how a daring band of outsiders reshaped the American novel and went on to dominate American...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674006046
ISBN13:9780674006041
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.83 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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