Derek C Maus: 3 books
Unvarnishing Reality
Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Unvarnishing Reality draws original insight to the literature, politics, history, and culture of the cold war by closely examining the themes and goals of American and Russian satirical fiction. As Derek C. Maus illustrates, the paranoia of nuclear standoff provided a subversive storytelling mode...
Jesting in Earnest
Percival Everett and Menippean Satire
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California, is the author of more than thirty books on a wide variety of subjects and genres. Among his many honors are the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, the Huston/Wright Legacy Award for...
by Derek C. Maus, Linda Wagner-Martin
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Although 2002 MacArthur Fellowship recipient Colson Whitehead ardently resists overarching categorizations of his work, Derek C. Maus argues in this volume that Whitehead’s first six books are linked by a careful balance between adherence to and violation of the wisdom of past generations. Whitehead...