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Robert Penn Warren's All the king's men

The twelve essayists in this critical collection examine anew two fundamental concerns of Penn Warren's landmark work, which has as valid a claim to being "The Great American Novel" as any in the literary canon. The first challenging conundrum these critics examine is narrator Jack Bu...

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Други автори: Meyer, Michael J., Ingrasci, Hugh J.
Формат: Електронен
Език: English
Публикувано: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2012.
Серия: Dialogue (Rodopi (Firm)) ; 15.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=463940
Резюме: The twelve essayists in this critical collection examine anew two fundamental concerns of Penn Warren's landmark work, which has as valid a claim to being "The Great American Novel" as any in the literary canon. The first challenging conundrum these critics examine is narrator Jack Burden's adequacy as a historiographer and the impact of his reliability upon his alter-ego-persona-narrative: does Jack succeed in becoming an able historian of his family and of Willie Stark's political career, or does he become self-delusive and resort to a "selectively culled" history to justify himself to his a.
Физически характеристики: 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations.
Библиография: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9401207720
9789401207720