Reading Nostalgia, Anger, and the Home in Joyce Carol Oates’s Foxfire
This article draws from Svetlana Boym’s concept of reflective nostalgia to explore the intersections between violence, memory, and the home in Joyce Carol Oates’s novel Foxfire. Through reflective nostalgia, Maddy is able to link the abuse she and her friends endure to various iterations of the home...
Main Author: | Heather A. Hillsburg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of San Francisco
2014-07-01
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Series: | Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies |
Online Access: | http://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=jcostudies |
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