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Michael Chabon's America : magical words, secret worlds, and sacred spaces /

Michael Chabon's America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first comprehensive scholarly collection analyzing the work of acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon. At its core, the book demonstrates how Chabon uses a broad range of styles and genres, includi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kavadlo, Jesse, 1971- (Editor ), Batchelor, Bob (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Colección:Contemporary American literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Bob Batchelor and Jesse Kavadlo
  • Real Maps of Imaginary Worlds; or, Michael Chabon, Shadowtail / Jesse Kavadlo
  • Chronicling Popular Culture
  • The Dudes Abide: Examining Clinton/Era Identity in Wonder Boys and The Big Lebowski / Bob Batchelor
  • Quentin Tarantino and the Paradox of Popular Culture in Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue / John Joseph Hess
  • Driving Away: Muscle Cars, Loss, and Unrequited Travels with Chabon / Charli Valdez
  • "Guess Who I am Now": On Communication and Childhood in Michael Chabon's 'Lost World' Stories / Mike Witcombe
  • Chabon's Mysteries: Comics and Genre
  • Comix Remix, or, The Strange Case of Mr. Chabon / Stephen Hock
  • "An American Golem:" The Necessity of Myth in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay / Seth Johnson
  • The Chatter of an African Gray Parrot: The Final Solution as Postmodern Detective Fiction / Marjorie Worthington
  • Genre for Justice: The Final Solution and The Yiddish Policemen's Union as Reflections of Golden Age Detective Fiction Texts / Monica Lott
  • Ethnicity, Gender, and Masculinity in Chabon's Oeuvre
  • Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road and the Rejection of Communal Identity as Heroic Quest / Eric Sandberg
  • Solving the Jewish Case: Metaphorical Detection in Michael Chabon's The Final Solution and The Yiddish Policemen's Union / Inbar Kaminsky
  • Not Growing Old but Growing Up: Appropriate Masculine Identity in Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys / Alex Hobbs
  • Queer Masculinities in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Manhood for Amateurs / Josef Benson
  • Chabon's American Expression
  • Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and Therapeutic Creativity / David McKay Powell
  • American Prowess Deconstructed: Michael Chabon and the Merger of Naturalism and Fantasy / Jake Sudderth
  • "Hope Unfulfilled, Not Yet Betrayed": Michael Chabon's Nostalgia for the Future / Matt Kavanagh.