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University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa
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EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA
Examines 10 novels for the ways they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. The author argues that each of the novels he studies represent a "fourthspace" at the margins of physical, social, and psychological space, a territory at the...
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Examines 10 novels for the ways they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. The author argues that each of the novels he studies represent a "fourthspace" at the margins of physical, social, and psychological space, a territory at the cultural borders of the mainstream.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index
Violence and space -- Discovering fourthspace in Appalachia : Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God -- Russell Banks's Affliction : "all those solitary dumb angry men" -- Of vultures, eyeballs, and parrots : Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle -- The myth of the Boatright Men : Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Playing for death : Don Delillo's End Zone -- Drifting through Urantia : greyhound space in Denis Johnson's Angels -- The return of John Smith : Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer -- "The Battle of Bob Hope" and "The Great Elephant Zap" : Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers -- "I hope you didn't go into raw space without me": Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho -- Violence and family structures
Examines 10 novels for the ways they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. The author argues that each of the novels he studies represent a "fourthspace" at the margins of physical, social, and psychological space, a territory at the cultural borders of the mainstream