Prestige of Violence
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The Prestige of Violence Sally Bachner argues that, starting in the 1960s, American fiction laid claim to the status of serious literature by placing violence at the heart of its mission and then insisting that this violence could not be represented.
Bachner demonstrates how many of the most influential novels of this period are united by the dramatic opposition they draw between a debased and untr...
Bachner demonstrates how many of the most influential novels of this period are united by the dramatic opposition they draw between a debased and untr...
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The Prestige of Violence Sally Bachner argues that, starting in the 1960s, American fiction laid claim to the status of serious literature by placing violence at the heart of its mission and then insisting that this violence could not be represented.
Bachner demonstrates how many of the most influential novels of this period are united by the dramatic opposition they draw between a debased and untr...
Bachner demonstrates how many of the most influential novels of this period are united by the dramatic opposition they draw between a debased and untr...
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