Bøger af William Rodney Allen

This valuable and informative book is a study of Percy's five novels in the context of his southern and American literary sources and his tragic personal history. This perceptive study examines Percy's novels in the light of psychoanalytic theory, philosophy, and literary analysis. The author finds that Percy's fiction has been shaped as much by what Percy rejected as by what he embraced.

Presents an analysis of Vonnegut's fiction as a point of entrance for students and general readers. This title examines the distinctive stylistic, thematic, and formally innovative elements that earned Vonnegut (1922-2007) a mass following, especially among young readers, as well as critical respect among scholars.