Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
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Subverting racist caricature: Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison -- Joseph Heller's allegories of money -- Philip Roth's vulgar, aggressive clowning -- Joyce Carol Oates's political anger -- Muriel Spark's puppets of thwarted authority -- Magic realism as caricature: Angela Carter and Salman Rushdie -- The caricaturist as celebrity: Martin Amis and Will Self -- Caricature versus character: the self as cartoon.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This monograph analyses the use of caricature as one of the key strategies in narrative fiction since the war. Close analysis of some of the best known postwar novelists including Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Angela Carter and Will Self, reveals how they use caricature to express postmodern conceptions of the self. In the process of moving away from the modernist focus on subjectivity, postmodern characterisation has often drawn on a much older satirical tradition which includes Hogarth and Gillray in the visual arts, and Dryden, Pope, Swift and Dickens in literature. Its key.
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Character and satire in post-war fiction.
International Standard Book Number
9780826487476
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Caricature in literature.
Character in literature.
English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Satire, American-- History and criticism.
Satire, English-- History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945-- Influence.
Caractère dans la littérature.
Caricature dans la littérature.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945-- Influence.
Roman américain-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.