Literature and Denomination Sex, Knowledge and Power in Modern Fiction |
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| Author:
| Booker, M. Keith |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-1195-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1993 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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This work employs the theoretical resources of cultural critics such as Foucault, Althusser, Adorno and Jameson to examine the treatment of issues of power and domination in modern literature. It draws upon texts such as Virginia Woolf's ""The Waves"", Nabakov's ""Lolita"" and Thomas Pynchon's ""V"".
This work employs the theoretical resources of cultural critics such as Foucault, Althusser, Adorno and Jameson to examine the treatment of issues of power and domination in modern literature. It draws upon texts such as Virginia Woolf's ""The Waves"", Nabakov's ""Lolita"" and Thomas Pynchon's ""V"".