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Deadly Musings
Deadly Musings
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"Violent scenes in American fiction are not only brutal, bleak, and gratuitous," writes Michael Kowalewski. "They are also, by turns, comic, witty, poignant, and sometimes, strangely enough, even terrifyingly beautiful." In this fascinating tour of American fiction, Kowalewski examines incidents ranging from scalpings and torture in The Deerslay... more »
Author:
"Violent scenes in American fiction are not only brutal, bleak, and gratuitous," writes Michael Kowalewski. "They are also, by turns, comic, witty, poignant, and sometimes, strangely enough, even terrifyingly beautiful." In this fascinating tour of American fiction, Kowalewski examines incidents ranging from scalpings and torture in The Deerslay... more »
ISBN-13: 9780691069739
ISBN-10: 0691069735
Publication Date: 7/26/1993
Pages: 316
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 0691069735
Publication Date: 7/26/1993
Pages: 316
Rating: ?
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> History & Criticism >> Criticism & Theory >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> Short Stories & Anthologies >> United States
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Classics >> General
