Overview

Richard Yates (1926-1992) has been described as a ""writer's writer"" but has never received the critical attention befitting that designation. Firmly rooted in the zeitgeist of 1950s, his work remains startlingly relevant, addressing themes of American identity, the nature of marriage and relationships between men and women, and what it means to get ahead in a society entranced by a flawed American Dream. This collection of new essays is the first to focus on this under-appreciated author. It opens up his body of work for a new generation of readers, and positions Yates as a writer of significance in the American tradition.

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Author:   Jennifer Daly
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.254kg
ISBN:  

9781476668253

ISBN 10:   1476668256
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   13 October 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Jennifer Daly Revolutionary Road: Mental Illness and ­Socio-Political Control (Joanna Wilson) Playing Suburbia in Revolutionary Road (Rory McGinley) The Geography of Identity in The Easter Parade (Rona Cran) Aversion as Diversion: The Politics of Disgust in Cold Spring Harbor (Chloé Avril) Richard Yates’s Autofictions and the Politics of Canonization (Sophie A. Jones) Richard Yates and Marriage: The Failed Idea of America and the Legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Helen Turner) What About the Children? (Kate ­Charlton-Jones) Performing Masculinity, Masculinity as Performance: Faking It as Men in the Short Fiction of Richard Yates (Karl Wood) Antifeminist or Antipatriarchal? Richard Yates’s Critique of ­Hegemonic Masculinity in Young Hearts Crying (Rubén Cenamor) About the Contributors Index

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Jennifer Daly maintains research interest in American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries and has published work on Richard Yates and Richard Ford. She lives in Ireland.

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