Modern American Grotesque Literature and Photography /
James Goodwin.
- 1 online resource (xi, 225 p.) : ill. ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-218) and index.
The grotesque -- American traditions of the grotesque -- The modern : depiction and description -- Grotesques in modern America : Sherwood Anderson -- "Elephantine close-ups" : Nathanael West -- All God's grotesques : Flannery O'Connor -- New York sights : Weegee -- Creatural realism : Diane Arbus -- Conclusion. Grotesque to monstrous.
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Photography--History--United States--20th century. Grotesque in art. Grotesque in literature. American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century