Perspectives on Harry Crews /

Critics have called Harry Crews a ""mad genius"" and ""Flannery O'Connor on steroids."" His novels chronicle the southern world on the edge of insanity. His characters set out to eat an entire car on national television, attend rattlesnake round-ups, and...

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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Bledsoe, Erik, 1965-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Crews, Harry, > 1935-2012.
Crews, Harry, > 1935-2012 > Criticism and interpretation.
White people in literature.
Rural poor in literature.
Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la litterature.
Southern States > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Critics have called Harry Crews a ""mad genius"" and ""Flannery O'Connor on steroids."" His novels chronicle the southern world on the edge of insanity. His characters set out to eat an entire car on national television, attend rattlesnake round-ups, and become obsessed with training hawks when their suburban lives collapse. Crews has created a bizarre literary landscape, and this book is a critical collection devoted to helping readers traverse it. Much of the previous critical work on Crews has focused on a rather narrow range of topics, primarily the grotesque elements. Here is an exploratio.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781621036234

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