| Copyright 1991 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida. |
| Printed in the U.S.A. on acid-free paper |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Booker, M. Keith.
Techniques of subversion in modern literature : transgression, abjection, and the
carnivalesque / M. Keith Booker.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8130-1065-9
1. English literature20th centuryHistory and
criticism. 2. American literature20th century
History and criticism. 3. Literature and society
History20th century. 4. Social problems in
literature. 5. Carnival in literature. I. Title.
PR478.S57B66 1991
820.9355dc20 91-15888 |
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