Hume, Kathryn,  1945- <br/><br/>
Aggressive fictions :  reading the contemporary American novel / 
Kathryn Hume. 
 - 1 online resource (217 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-193) and index. 
<br/><br/>The author-reader contract -- The narrative speed in contemporary fiction -- Modalities of complaint -- Conjugations of the grotesque -- Violence -- Attacking the reader's ontological assumptions -- Why read aggressive fictions? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801462870 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aggressiveness in literature.<br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.A38  / H86 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.5409