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Leslie Fiedler : critic, provocateur, pop culture guru /

"This book traces the evolution of this larger-than-life figure through an extensive examination of his works. Beginning with his homoerotic reading of the relationship between Jim and Huck Finn in the Mark Twain novel, this book covers how his many contributions have been provocative, outrageo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Srivastava, Prem Kumari
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Fiedler's Credo: Literary and Critical
  • Socio- political and Pedagogical
  • 2. Comradeship, Male Bonding or?: Re- readings and Re-evaluations
  • 3. Integration of the "Other": Indians, Jews, Blacks, Freaks and
  • 4. Toward Popular Culture: Establishment of a Pop Guru
  • 5. Perspectives of the "Other": Postcolonial and Feminist Readings
  • Conclusion: "Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Fiedler Honey!"
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.