Giles, James Richard,  1937- <br/><br/>
The spaces of violence  [electronic resource] / 
James R. Giles. 
 - Tuscaloosa :  University of Alabama Press,  c2006. 
 - xv, 209 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index. 
<br/><br/>Violence and space -- Discovering fourthspace in Appalachia : Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God -- Russell Banks's Affliction : "all those solitary dumb angry men" -- Of vultures, eyeballs, and parrots : Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle -- The myth of the Boatright Men : Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Playing for death : Don Delillo's End Zone -- Drifting through Urantia : greyhound space in Denis Johnson's Angels -- The return of John Smith : Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer -- "The Battle of Bob Hope" and "The Great Elephant Zap" : Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers -- "I hope you didn't go into raw space without me": Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho -- Violence and family structures. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Violence in literature.<br/>Space (Architecture) in literature.<br/>Space and time in literature.<br/>Personal space in literature.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.V58  / G548 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54093552