The Entrapments of Form : Cruelty and Modern Literature /

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This work describes the narrative form of cruelty in modern literature. It focuses on the two main literary traditions that carry the legacy of revolutionary upheaval in modernity, the French and the American, and shows the transfers of influence that create the contemporary outline of the concept.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Toal, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Modernism (Literature)
French literature.
Cruelty in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Modernisme (Litterature) > États-Unis.
Modernisme (Litterature) > France.
Cruaute dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature française > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Modernism (Literature) > France.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The "Strange and Familiar Word"
  • 1. The Forms of the Perverse
  • 2. "Some Things Which Could Never Have Happened"
  • 3. Murder and "Point of View"
  • 4. The Marquis de Sade in the Twentieth Century
  • 5. American Cruelty.

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