Mere reading: the poetics of wonder in modern American novels

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Introduction: Slowing Down

1. Possession in The Professor's House (1925)

2. Oscillation in Lolita (1955)

3. Hospitality in Housekeeping (1980)

4. Violence in Blood Meridian (1985)

5. Language in The Road (2006)

6. Belatedness in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)

Epilogue: Resisting Rules

Bibliography

Index.