{"product_id":"the-spaces-of-violence-paperback-softback-9780817359928","title":"The Spaces of Violence (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817359928","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Spaces of Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Giles (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817359928\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e230 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.353 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI enjoyed reading \u003ci\u003eThe Spaces of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e and learned a lot from it. . . . One of the most important contributions it makes to the wider discussion of violence and American literature is its insistence that violence is not a characteristic of urban life only, but permeates all regions—urban, suburban, and rural.\"—Robert Rebein, author of \u003ci\u003eHicks, Tribes, \u0026amp; Dirty Realists: American Fiction after Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Giles explores in literary terms our national desire ‘to immerse ourselves in gore.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spaces of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome contribution to scholarship on American preoccupation with cyclical carnage.\"—\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Spaces of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e, James R. Giles examines ten contemporary American novels for the unique ways in which they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. These texts are Russell Banks’s \u003cem\u003eAffliction\u003c\/em\u003e, Cormac McCarthy’s \u003cem\u003eOuter Dark\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Child of God,\u003c\/em\u003e Lewis Nordan’s \u003cem\u003eWolf Whistle\u003c\/em\u003e, Dorothy Allison’s \u003cem\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/em\u003e, Don DeLillo’s \u003cem\u003eEnd Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, Denis Johnson’s \u003cem\u003eAngels\u003c\/em\u003e, Sherman Alexie’s \u003cem\u003eIndian Killer\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Stone’s D\u003cem\u003eog Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e, and Bret Easton Ellis’s \u003cem\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA concluding chapter extends the focus to texts by Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Edwidge Danticat, and Chuck Palahniuk, who treat the destructive effects of violence on family structures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Violence and Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Discovering Fourthspace in Appalachia: Cormac McCarthy’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eOuter Dark \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChild of God\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Russell Banks’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eAffliction: \u003c\/i\u003e“\u003cbr\u003eAll Those Solitary Dumb Angry Men”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Of Vultures, Eyeballs, and Parrots: Lewis Nordan’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eWolf Whistle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Myth of the Boatright Men: Dorothy Allison’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Playing for Death: Don DeLillo’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eEnd Zone\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Drifting through Urantia: Greyhound Space in Denis Johnson’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eAngels\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Return of John Smith: Sherman Alexie’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eIndian Killer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. “\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Bob Hope”\u003cbr\u003e and “\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Elephant Zap”\u003cbr\u003e: Robert Stone’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eDog Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. “\u003cbr\u003eI Hope You Didn’\u003cbr\u003et Go into Raw Space without Me”\u003cbr\u003e: Bret Easton Ellis’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Violence and Family Structures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574403232024,"sku":"9780817359928","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-spaces-of-violence-paperback-softback-9780817359928","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}