The 'unruly' use of English in Jonathan Lethem's novels 'Girl in Landscape' and 'Motherless Brroklyn' is read in this essay not as merely a tool to describe social/human monstrosity, but as the Monster itself.

A Language of enchanting limitations : English and the creation of monstrosity in Jonathan Lethem’s fiction / S. Bertacco - In: Delicate monsters : literary creatures of wonder / [a cura di] C. Pagetti, O. Palusci. - Milano : Cisalpino, 2007. - ISBN 978-88-323-6073-8. - pp. 201-216

A Language of enchanting limitations : English and the creation of monstrosity in Jonathan Lethem’s fiction

S. Bertacco
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2007

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The 'unruly' use of English in Jonathan Lethem's novels 'Girl in Landscape' and 'Motherless Brroklyn' is read in this essay not as merely a tool to describe social/human monstrosity, but as the Monster itself.
popular literature ; linguistic experimentation
Settore L-LIN/10 - Letteratura Inglese
2007
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