The naturalistic inner-city novel in America : encounters with the fat man / James R. Giles.
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- 0585323569
- 9780585323565
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Naturalism in literature
- Inner cities in literature
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- American fiction
- Inner cities in literature
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Naturalism in literature
- American Literature
- English
- Languages & Literatures
- 1900-1999
- 813/.50912 20
- PS374.N29 G55 1995eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.
Tour guides and explorers -- The fat man finds his voice, part 1 : Michael Gold's Jews without money -- The fat man finds his voice, part 2 : Richard Wright's Native son -- Encountering the urban grotesque : Nelson Algren's Man with the golden arm -- The game of mum as theme and narrative technique in Hubert Selby's Last exit to Brooklyn -- "Hey, world" : John Rechy's City of night -- "Miss Oates" and the naturalistic imagination : Joyce Carol Oates's Them -- Conclusion : the fat man revealed.
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