Intimate Violence : Reading Rape and Torture in Twentieth-Century Fiction
Description:
"Tanner deals with the central question of all narrative texts: how the reader is manipulated into empathy or distance by the text.... This study... is the sort that needs to be redone in every classroom and by every mature reader.... Tanner offers provocative and useful discussions of rape and torture... " Choice
"This thoughtful and disturbing book raises serious questions about the consequences... of reading representations of rape and torture. " American Literature
"In this incisive exploration of twentieth-century novels, art, and ads, Laura Tanner explains the mechanisms by which reader and viewer are implicated in violence. Equally effective as a challenge to textual assault is the grace and gentleness of Tanner s own prose. Intimate Violence signals the emergence of an astute and humane critical voice." Wendy Steiner
Through an examination of such notorious works as The White Hotel and American Psycho, Laura Tanner leads us in a disturbing exploration of the reader s complicity with fictional depictions of intimate violence."
Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780585019543
Frequently Asked Questions about Intimate Violence : Reading Rape and Torture in Twentieth-Century Fiction
If you’re interested in selling back the Intimate Violence : Reading Rape and Torture in Twentieth-Century Fiction book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the Intimate Violence : Reading Rape and Torture in Twentieth-Century Fiction book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
Not enough insights yet.
Not enough insights yet.