Bitter Carnival by Michael Bernstein
Defines a new cultural figure - the abject hero - and explores the contradiction between society's affection for the romanticized fictional outlaw and its abhorrence of the true convict.
Michael Andre Bernstein is a professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Foregone Conclusions: Against Apocalyptic History; Bitter Carnival: Ressentiment and the Abject Hero; and The Tale of the Tribe: Ezra Pound and the Modern Verse Epic. his work regularly appears in the New Republic, the Times Literary Supplement, and other publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691069395 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691069395 |
| Title | Bitter Carnival |
| Author | Michael Bernstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1992-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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