Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes

Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes

After his death in 2012, there has been a notable resurgence of both popular and critical interest in the fiction of American writer Harry Crews. Frequently discussed in the context of Southern gothic, Crews’s novels are notable for their grim and darkly funny tales of life among the rural poor in t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanssen Ken R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-03-01
Series:Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
Subjects:
harry crews
southern fiction
gothic
trauma
mimesis
naturalism
determinism
psychological realism
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/stap-2016-0004
id doaj-ac7280f562364c54b9b9c4662a407470
record_format Article
spelling doaj-ac7280f562364c54b9b9c4662a4074702021-09-05T14:00:48ZengSciendoStudia Anglica Posnaniensia0081-62722082-51022016-03-015119911310.1515/stap-2016-0004stap-2016-0004Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of SnakesHanssen Ken R.0Department of English, LUKK/PHS, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, NorwayAfter his death in 2012, there has been a notable resurgence of both popular and critical interest in the fiction of American writer Harry Crews. Frequently discussed in the context of Southern gothic, Crews’s novels are notable for their grim and darkly funny tales of life among the rural poor in the worst hookworm and rickets part of Georgia, USA. Still, while the regional identity of Crews’s fiction is strong, his subtle and deeply sympathetic creative imagination tackles questions of universal significance.https://doi.org/10.1515/stap-2016-0004harry crewssouthern fictiongothictraumamimesisnaturalismdeterminismpsychological realism
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Hanssen Ken R.
spellingShingle Hanssen Ken R.
Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
harry crews
southern fiction
gothic
trauma
mimesis
naturalism
determinism
psychological realism
author_facet Hanssen Ken R.
author_sort Hanssen Ken R.
title Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes
title_short Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes
title_full Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes
title_fullStr Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes
title_full_unstemmed Medusa’s Head: Boss Rattlers, Rattlesnake Queens, and Goddamn True Love in Harry Crews’s a Feast of Snakes
title_sort medusa’s head: boss rattlers, rattlesnake queens, and goddamn true love in harry crews’s a feast of snakes
publisher Sciendo
series Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
issn 0081-6272
2082-5102
publishDate 2016-03-01
description After his death in 2012, there has been a notable resurgence of both popular and critical interest in the fiction of American writer Harry Crews. Frequently discussed in the context of Southern gothic, Crews’s novels are notable for their grim and darkly funny tales of life among the rural poor in the worst hookworm and rickets part of Georgia, USA. Still, while the regional identity of Crews’s fiction is strong, his subtle and deeply sympathetic creative imagination tackles questions of universal significance.
topic harry crews
southern fiction
gothic
trauma
mimesis
naturalism
determinism
psychological realism
url https://doi.org/10.1515/stap-2016-0004
work_keys_str_mv AT hanssenkenr medusasheadbossrattlersrattlesnakequeensandgoddamntrueloveinharrycrewssafeastofsnakes
_version_ 1717811371745214464

Similar Items