Southern Hyperboles : Metafigurative Strategies of Narration /

"In "Southern Hyperboles: Metafigurative Strategies of Narration," Michał Choiński confronts the often paradoxical and excessive elements of southern literature, focusing on dominant narrative modes and representation strategies in works produced from the early 1930s to the late 1950...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Choiński, Michał, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hyperbole in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Hyperbole dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Southern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hyperbole and the South: figurative modes of cognition
  • Rites of passage: Katharine Anne Porter
  • The polyphony of the past: William Faulkner
  • Breaking out of hyperbole: Lillian Smith and Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin
  • Hyperbolic dissolution: Tennessee Williams
  • Hyperbolic epiphany: Flannery O'Connor
  • To kill the watchman: Harper Lee
  • Coda.

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