Ring Lardner and the Other

by Douglas Robinson

Book Overview

Ring Lardner and the Other is actually two books, mutually embedded. The first is about Ring Lardner: a long reading of a single Lardner short story, "Who Dealt?", a briefer look at his life and work, and an exploration of his reception. The second is about the "Other," in an expanded Lacanian sense: the speaking of various unconscious voices (mother and father and child, culture and anarchy, majority and minority) through literary characters and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195076001
• ISBN13: 9780195076004
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"