{"product_id":"9783030599119","title":"Pivotal Studies in the Global American Literary Imagination: Re-Imagining the Exceptional","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePivotal Studies in the Global American Literary Imagination: Re-Imagining the Exceptional\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBové, Carol Mastrangelo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Pivot studies the influence of Julia Kristeva’s work on American literary and film studies.  Chapters consider this influence via such innovative approaches as Hortense Spillers’s and Jack Halberstam’s to Paule Marshall’s fiction and Bram Stoker’s \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, respectively. The book also considers how critics in the United States receive Kristeva’s work on French feminism, semiotics, and psychoanalytic writing in complex, controversial ways, especially on the question of marginalized populations.  Examples include Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo on Orson Welles’s \u003ci\u003eThe Lady from Shanghai \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil \u003c\/i\u003eas well as Frances Restuccia on David Lynch’s \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive.\u003c\/i\u003e Carol Mastrangelo Bové also examines Kristeva’s take on the US in her essays and fiction, which provide a vital part of the dialogue with American critics.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLike them, Bové incorporates Kristeva’s thought in her own creative readings of little-known authors and directors including Christiane Rochefort, Nancy Savoca, and Frank Lentricchia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Pivot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-12-18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030599119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-59912-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 118\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521151156364,"sku":"9783030599119","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030599119.jpg?v=1776008105","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030599119","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}