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...
Други автори: | Meyer, Michael J., Ingrasci, Hugh J. |
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Формат: | Електронен |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2012.
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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. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations. |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9401207720 9789401207720 |