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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.
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.
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For almost two weeks during the late summer of 1994, readers of the Chicago Tribune were told the story of the life and death of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mango Street, Native American, Los Angeles, Philadelphia Fire, Ducky Boys, Five Points, African American, Daniel Quinn, The Miraculous Day of Amalia, Yummy Sandifer, John the Brawn, Mexican American, Nelson Algren, William Kennedy, Irish American, Last Exit, Richard Corey, Dood Kamer, Hang On Sloopy, Jemez Pueblo, Old Testament, Osage Avenue, Scottie Hite, The Warlord New!
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For almost two weeks during the late summer of 1994, readers of the Chicago Tribune were told the story of the life and death of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mango Street, Native American, Los Angeles, Philadelphia Fire, Ducky Boys, Five Points, African American, Daniel Quinn, The Miraculous Day of Amalia, Yummy Sandifer, John the Brawn, Mexican American, Nelson Algren, William Kennedy, Irish American, Last Exit, Richard Corey, Dood Kamer, Hang On Sloopy, Jemez Pueblo, Old Testament, Osage Avenue, Scottie Hite, The Warlord New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- House Made of Dawn (Perennial Classics) by N. Scott Momaday on 16 pages
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros on 16 pages
- Philadelphia Fire: A Novel by John Edgar Wideman on 13 pages
- The Waste Land and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics) by T.S. Eliot on 5 pages
- The Waste Land (Norton Critical Editions) by T. S. Eliot on 5 pages
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