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Nathanael West, Djuna Barnes, Tod Browning, and Carson McCullers

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An edition of Freaks in late modernist American culture (2005)

Freaks in late modernist American culture

Nathanael West, Djuna Barnes, Tod Browning, and Carson McCullers

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175 pages ; 24 cm

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Peter Lang
Language
English
Pages
190

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Subjects
American fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Difference (Psychology) in literature, History and criticism, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Modernism (Literature), West, nathanael, 1902-1940, Barnes, djuna, 1892-1982, Browning, tod, 1882-1962, Mccullers, carson, 1917-1967, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Modernism (literature), Identity (psychology) in literature, West, Nathanael, 1903-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation, Barnes, Djuna -- Criticism and interpretation, Browning, Tod, 1880-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation, McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation, American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism, Modernism (Literature) -- United States, Criticism and interpretationwest, nathanael , 1903-1940, Criticism and interpretationbarnes, djuna, Criticism and interpretationbrowning, tod , 1882-1962, Criticism and interpretationmccullers, carson , 1917-1967, Criticism and interpretationbrowning, tod , 1880-1962, American fiction--history and criticism, American fiction--20th century--history and criticism, Modernism (literature)--united states, Difference (psychology) in literature, Ps374.m535 b66 2006, 813/.5209112
People
Carson McCullers (1917-1967), Djuna Barnes, Nathanael West (1903-1940), Tod Browning (1882-1962)
Places
United States
Times
20th century

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Table of Contents

Jews, degeneration and the enfreakment of modernism
Gentile spectators and the ideal of semitic vision
"Well of course, I used to be absolutely gorgeous dear"
Heredity, transvestism, and the limits of self-fashioning in Nightwood
Tod Browning, Louis B. Mayer and the threat of mutable masculine identity
"This thing I long for I know not what"
Conclusion : deviance, defiance, and the problem of weirdness.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
Modern American literature,, v. 47, Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ;, v. 47.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5209112
Library of Congress
PS374.M535 B66 2005, PS374.M535B66 2005, PS374.M535 B66 2006

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
190

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OL3299465M
Internet Archive
freaksinlatemode0000bomb
ISBN 10
0820478326
LCCN
2004027475
OCLC/WorldCat
57134463
Goodreads
653270

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