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Author:

Reese, Sam V. H., author.

Title:

The short story in midcentury America : countercultural form in the work of Bowles, McCarthy, Welty, and Williams / Sam V.H. Reese.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

ix, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Short stories, American--History and criticism.
Counterculture in literature.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
American fiction.
Counterculture in literature.
Short stories, American.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "A snail of language" -- Writing counterculturally in midcentury America -- Mary McCarthy and the containing mask -- Tennessee Williams and the new school of decadence -- Paul Bowles's verbal violence and patterns of words -- Eudora Welty and the photographic capture.

ISBN:

080716576X
9780807165768

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959610759

LCCN:

2016027044

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)