Title John Irving and cultural mourning / Bouchra Belgaid

Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011

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Description 1 online resource (193 p.) Contents Introduction -- Postmodernism or the literature of exhaustion -- The sixties: years of throwing off inhibitions -- Irving's family romances -- Irving and narcissism -- Mourning and grief in Irving's fiction -- Epilogue. The fourth hand and groping toward self-redemption Summary John Irving and Cultural Mourning offers a chronological survey of his eleven novels, examining his prose via thematically focused chapters on postmodernism, the sixties, fatherhood, narcissism, mourning and finally self-redemption Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-186) and indexes Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Irving, John, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation Irving, John, 1942- -- Political and social views Irving, John, 1942- Narcissism in literature. Grief in literature. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Grief in literature Literature and society Narcissism in literature Political and social views Postmodernism (Literature) United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021678481 ISBN 9780739137956 0739137956

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