Roadframes: The American Highway Narrative

Author:   Kris Lackey
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780803279810


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   01 February 1999
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained


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"'Unusually lively, astute, and persuasive' - ""Publishers Weekly"". 'There are two impulses after reading Kris Lackey's ""RoadFrames: The American Highway Narrative"". One is to rush into a library. The other is to jump into a car...The author manages to convey the deep appeal of endless asphalt while still debunking many of the myths of Americans' romance with the road' - ""Chronicle of Higher Education"". 'Lackey applies with relish a number of convincing ideas to a variety of novels and travel books. Beginning with America's first intercoastal highway narrative, ""From Ocean to Ocean in a Winton"", and concluding with the postmodern rush of Stephen Wright's ""Going Native"", he offers a sense of wide vistas...This is a book designed to connect its readers to other books, while providing conclusive evidence that America's literature may indeed be as expansive as its map' - ""Times Literary Supplement"".'Lackey seeks to debunk the romantic idea of rediscovering America through the highway and the automobile. Of particular poignancy is a chapter on how African American narratives have shown that the highway often holds no romance for them' - ""Library Journal"". ""RoadFrames"" surveys America's fascination with highway travel. In a lively discussion of books written as early as 1903 and as recently as 1994, Kris Lackey reveals the crucial roles the highway and automobile travel have played through generations of American writing. Kris Lackey is a professor of English at the University of New Orleans."

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Author:   Kris Lackey
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   0.218kg
ISBN:  

9780803279810


ISBN 10:   0803279817
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   01 February 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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In this short but densely packed work, Kris Lackey muses upon more than ninety years of American road writing...The end product is a book that is at once intellectually stimulating, freshly illuminating, and broadly accessible. -- Journal of American Studies, <br>


"""Lackey applies with relish a number of convincing ideas to a variety of novels and travel books. Beginning with America's first intercoastal highway narrative, ""From Ocean to Ocean in a Winton,"" and concluding with the postmodern rush of Stephen Wright's ""Going Native,"" he offers a sense of wide vistas. . . . This is a book designed to connect its readers to other books, while providing conclusive evidence that America's literature may indeed be as expansive as its map.""--""Times Literary Supplement"" ""Lackey seeks to debunk the romantic idea of rediscovering America through the highway and the automobile. Of particular poignancy is a chapter on how African American narratives have shown that the highway often holds no romance for them.""--""Library Journal"" ""There are two impulses after reading Kris Lackey's ""RoadFrames: The American Highway Narrative,"" One is to rush into a library. The other is to jump into a car. . . . The author manages to convey the deep appeal of endless asphalt while still debunking many of the myths of Americans' romance with the road.""--""Chronicle of Higher Education"" ""Unusually lively, astute, and persuasive.""--""Publishers Weekly"" ""In this short but densely packed work, Kris Lackey muses upon more than ninety years of American road writing...The end product is a book that is at once intellectually stimulating, freshly illuminating, and broadly accessible.""--""Journal of American Studies,"""


In this short but densely packed work, Kris Lackey muses upon more than ninety years of American road writing...The end product is a book that is at once intellectually stimulating, freshly illuminating, and broadly accessible. -- Journal of American Studies,


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Kris Lackey is a professor of English at the University of New Orleans.

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