Latent Destinies by Patrick O'donnell

Latent Destinies by Patrick O'donnell

Examines the formation of postmodern sensibilities and their relationship to varieties of paranoia that have been seen as widespread. This book argues that paranoia on the broadly cultural level is essentially a narrative process in which history and postmodern identity are negotiated simultaneously.

“Latent Destinies provides a smartly informed paradigm for understanding postmodern US. narratives, both aesthetic and theoretical. Examining a representative sample of these, O’Donnell finds that they indulge a cultural paranoia that wags the tail of their late-capitalist bÊte noire.”-Louis A. Renza, Dartmouth College “Latent Destinies provides a careful, lucid, insightful analysis of a number of works of contemporary American authors and filmmakers, and situates their work within a complex theoretical matrix of social connections that enhance our understanding not only of the works under discussion but also of the conditions of contemporary American culture in which those works circulate.”-Alan Nadel, author of Containment Culture: American Narratives, Postmodernism and the Atomic Age

Patrick O’Donnell is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Michigan State University. He is author of Echo Chambers: Figuring the Voice in Modern Narrative and Passionate Doubts: Designs of Interpretation in Contemporary American Fiction.

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ISBN 13	9780822325871
ISBN 10	082232587X
Title	Latent Destinies
Author	Patrick O'donnell
Series	New Americanists
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duke University Press
Year published	2000-10-27
Number of pages	208
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