From modernist entombment to postmodernist exhumation
dead bodies in twentieth-century American fiction
by Lisa K. Perdigao
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Modernism (Literature), Human body in literature, Postmodernism (Literature), American fiction, History and criticism, Dead in literature, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Postmodernism (literature), Modernism (literature), Roman américain, Histoire et critique, Corps humain dans la littérature, Morts dans la littérature, Modernisme (Littérature), Postmodernisme (Littérature), LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Dood, Menselijk lichaamPlaces
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"Introduction: encrypting the body -- "It was better to get her underground": the modernist burial plot -- "I advise you not to dig into it": metaphor, metonymy, and the modern novel -- "To pierce and shred those unblemished bodies": corpses, theory, and the postmodern novel -- "Someone was hanging there": the postmodern Book of the dead -- "Bone by bone": Alice Walker's exhumation of Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God -- Conclusion: in theory."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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