Belgaid, Bouchra, 1972-

John Irving and cultural mourning [electronic resource] / Bouchra Belgaid. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011. - 193 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-186) and indexes.

Introduction -- Postmodernism or the literature of exhaustion -- The sixties: years of throwing off inhibitions -- Irving's family romances -- Irving and narcissism -- Mourning and grief in Irving's fiction -- Epilogue. The fourth hand and groping toward self-redemption.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780739137956 (electronic bk.)




Irving, John, 1942- --Criticism and interpretation.
Irving, John, 1942- --Political and social views.


Narcissism in literature.
Grief in literature.
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.


Electronic books.

PS3559.R8 / Z58 2011

813/.54