Karen R. Tolchin

Part Blood, Part Ketchup

Coming of Age in American Literature and Film

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Produktbeschreibung

Part Blood, Part Ketchup analyzes novels by 20th century authors Edith Wharton, J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth, John Irving, and Jamaica Kincaid, uncovering trends that obliterate cultural divides. With unrestrained American voices, the collective pitch of their complaints soars, revealing an unmistakable formula of heightened self-exposure and fury.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9780739114360
• ISBN-10: 0739114360
• Artikelnr.: 22393166

Autorenporträt

Karen R. Tolchin is assistant professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Evolution of the American Complaint: An Odyssey in Blood and Ketchup
Chapter 2 An Overview of the American Character Chapter 3 Alexander Portnoy
Meets Young Werther and Lucky Jim Chapter 4 Optimism, Innocence, and Angst
in The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 5 Violence, Lunacy, and Family Values in
The World According to Garp Part 6 Luxuries of Discontent: Female Jeremiads
by American Women Chapter 7 Wharton's House of Angst Chapter 8 Never Enough
Blessings: Jamaica Kincaid and the Postcolonial Complaint Chapter 9
Afterword: Portnoy 21.0