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Author:

Ames, Christopher, 1956-

Title:

The life of the party : festive vision in modern fiction / Christopher Ames.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

x, 344 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Festivals in literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Manners and customs in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-337) and index.

Contents:

"The Dead" and the Wake: parties in Joyce -- The true self: parties in Woolf -- Charioted by Bacchus: parties in Fitzgerald -- Dark visions of the bright young things: parties in Waugh and Green -- Celebrating the counterforce: parties in Pynchon -- From nightsticks to nightmares: parties in Coover.

ISBN:

9780820312903 (cloth : alk. paper)
0820312908 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)21948804

LCCN:

90011144

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)