Character and Satire in Postwar Fiction

IAN GREGSON

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Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Subverting Racist Caricature: Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison Joseph Heller's Allegories of Money Philip Roth's Vulgar, Aggressive Clowning Joyce Carol Oates's Political Anger Muriel Spark's Puppets of Thwarted Authority Magic Realism As Caricature: Angela Carter and Salman Rushdie The Caricaturist As Celebrity: Martin Amis and Will Self Caricature Versus Character: The Self As Cartoon Notes Bibliography Index vii 1 9 31 55 79 99 111 131 151 169 175 179