A study of violence in eight contemporary American urban novels, including William Kennedy's ""Quinn's Book"". James R. Giles shows how these works, published between 1968 and 1994, convey a sense of violence as an epidemic, threatening to extinguish the aspirations of American citizens.
| ISBN: | 9781570033285 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2000 |
| Author: | James Richard Giles |
| Publisher: | The University of South Carolina Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 161 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Violence and abuse in society |