An ethical analysis of the portrayal of abortion in American fiction; Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Brautigan, and Irving.0773459642 An ethical analysis of the portrayal of abortion in American fiction; Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos Dos Pas·sos , John Roderigo 1896-1970. American writer whose works, such as the trilogy U.S.A. (1930-1936), combine narrative, stream of consciousness, biography, and newspaper quotations to depict American life. Noun 1. , Brautigan, and Irving. Koloze, Jeff. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2005 375 pages $119.95 Hardcover Studies in American literature American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in ; v.78 PS374 Investigating American fiction on abortion against a background of inherited moral and religious values, Koloze (campus college chair, U. of Phoenix, Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. ) reviews relevant novels by Dreiser, Dos Passos, Hemingway, Faulkner, Brautigan and Irving, and fiction written after the Roe vs. Wade decision. His chronological approach to the literature demonstrates the evolution of abortion in fiction from an ethically unacceptable alternative to a possibility that many characters view as salutary sal·u·tar·y adj. Favorable to health; wholesome. salutary healthful. salutary Healthy, beneficial . Koloze takes a formalist for·mal·ism n. 1. Rigorous or excessive adherence to recognized forms, as in religion or art. 2. An instance of rigorous or excessive adherence to recognized forms. 3. approach to his analysis, relegating cultural critical approaches to future study. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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