“Why Don’t You Just Say It as Simply as That?”: The Progression of Parrhesia in the Early Novels of Joseph Heller

This article combines Foucault’s exploration of the ancient Greek concept of parrhesia with the novels of Joseph Heller to attempt to arrive at a more complete critical position for an author whose work, aside from his first novel, is often critically neglected. The article explores the way in which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter Templeton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2016-08-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/11573