Mere reading : the poetics of wonder in modern American novels / Lee Clark Mitchell.
Mere reading : the poetics of wonder in modern American novels / Lee Clark Mitchell.
Mere reading : the poetics of wonder in modern American novels / Lee Clark Mitchell.
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New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
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G 2018/3738
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 262 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Slowing Down -- 1. Possession in The Professor's House (1925) -- 2. Oscillation in Lolita (1955) -- 3. Hospitality in Housekeeping (1980) -- 4. Violence in Blood Meridian (1985) -- 5. Talk in The Road (2006) -- 6. Belatedness in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) -- Epilogue:...
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New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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"Argues through close readings of twentieth-century American novels for a return to the foundations of literary study"-- Provided by publisher....
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Mere reading : the poetics of wonder in modern American novels / Lee Clark Mitchell.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index.
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G 2018/3738
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74VKVAmAO2Jd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAmAO2Jd
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ISBN
9781501329654
DDC
813.509
MMS ID
991024172818002626
