266 records matched your query
02756aam a2200457 i 4500 001 3CB84812875711E9A56C064497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190605010028 008 180717s2019 scu b s001 0deng c 010 $a 2018032163 020 $a 1611179629 020 $a 9781611179620 035 $a (OCoLC)1048090317 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3555.V34 $b Z73 2019 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Maus, Derek C., $e author. 245 10 $a Jesting in earnest : $b Percival Everett and Menippean satire / $c Derek C. Maus. 264 1 $a Columbia, South Carolina : $b The University of South Carolina Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 185 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "When writing about Percival Everett, it has become customary to begin with a caveat that the conspicuous variety within his body of work will inherently frustrate any attempts at definitive classification. This selection of texts spans nearly the full length of Everett's career as a writer and includes his most popular works as well as some of his more obscure ones. It is intended as a sampling of the whole, not a ranked list; one should not infer from the emphasis on these fourteen works that Everett's remaining sixteen books are necessarily of lesser significance or lesser quality"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a An overview of Everett's life and career -- Everett and Menippean satire -- Five exemplary Menippean satires -- Menippean satire through tonal multiplicity -- The Menippean west -- Conclusion : a post-soul (but not post-racial) postscript. 600 10 $a Everett, Percival $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Everett, Percival. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01457034 650 0 $a Satire, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Satire $x Classical influences. 650 0 $a American literature $x Classical influences. 650 0 $a African American authors $v Biography. 650 7 $a African American authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799028 650 7 $a Satire, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01105681 650 7 $a Satire $x Classical influences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01105669 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Maus, Derek C. $t Jesting in earnest. $d Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019] $z 9781611179637 $w (DLC) 2018036730 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020014040.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605010652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3CB84812875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search