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Painful forms : aesthetic violence in American literature and art, 1945-2001 /

"In the wake of World War II, Americans struggled to grasp the shifting scale of violence brought on by the nuclear era. To grapple with the overwhelming suffering of the sociopolitical moment, new ways of thinking about violence-as structural, systemic, and senseless-emerged. Artists and write...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ioanes, Anna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Violence in literature.
Violence in art.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Violence > United States > History.
Violence dans la littérature.
Violence dans l'art.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
ART / Criticism & Theory.
Literary criticism.
Art criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Critiques d'art.

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