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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis | |
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About 176 pages (52,871 words) in 8 products |
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| Name: |
Bret Easton Ellis | | Birth Date: |
March 7, 1964 | | Place of Birth: |
Los Angeles, California, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
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 Biography of Bret Easton Ellis
4818 words, approx. 16.1 pages
 Frequently disliked by reviewers, faulted for his youth and apparent disregard for political correctness, Bret Easton Ellis was the enfant terrible of 1980s fiction. His first novel, Less Than Zero (1985), became a national best-seller when Ellis was jus... summary from source:
 Biography of Bret Easton Ellis
4224 words, approx. 14.1 pages
In 1985, twenty-one-year-old Bret Easton Ellis jolted the literary world with his first novel, Less than Zero, and was hailed by more than one critic as the voice of the new generation. His subsequent books failed to garner the accolades heaped on this d... summary from source:
Biography of Bret Easton Ellis
3616 words, approx. 12.1 pages
While still an undergraduate at Bennington College in Vermont, Ellis published his best-selling novel Less Than Zero. His books have endured literary criticism ranging from "infantile and sophomoric" to the "voice of a new generation." Much like Clay, hi...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 American Psycho Information
1,893 words, approx. 6 pages
 American Psycho is a 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. It is a first-person narrative of the life of a wealthy young Manhattanite and self-proclaimed serial killer. The graphic violence and sexual content was widely commented upon at the novel's release....
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 National Review American Psycho.
06/24/1991: 972 words, approx. 3 pages BRET EASTON ELLIS seems, was puzzled by the universally unfavorable reception of his third novel, American Psycho. Small wonder. Ellis's all-too-obvious purpose was to write a scathing satire of Eighties materialism that was politically correct in every possible way. Patrick Bateman, the narrator... summary from source:
Australian CPA American psycho
06/01/2003: 2,162 words, approx. 7 pages It ain't all Saddam and Osama. President Bush also has tax reform on his mind - and some of it is being derided as golden handshakes to his wealthy backers. From state-side GLENN CHENEY looks at the Bush move to reform the tax system... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid: Bret Bares the Inner Bret
8/21/2005: 989 words, approx. 3 pagesImagine the true confessions of Bret Easton Ellis. Not just the sex and the drugs and the sappy pop-music soundtrack; not just the pseudo-celebrity, the small-world publishing gossip and the flash profits from minimalist anomie and splatter-porn; not just, as he puts it, “Propaganda designated... summary from source:
The New York Observer Matthew, Julie, Marc Make MacMovies
5/1/2007: 418 words, approx. 1 pagesBathtub filmmakers in New York can score face-time and pointers from Tribeca-bound Hollywood brass—gratis—through Sunday, May 6. Having hosted discussions with directors like Fargo’s Joel and Ethan Coen and American Psycho’s Mary Harron, the “Filmmaker Talks” workshops at the Apple Store Soho, presented by Apple...
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Carla Freccero
6,824 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Freccero discusses reactions to American Psycho and explores the significance of the novel's violence.
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Critical Review by James Gardner
2,916 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following review, Gardner considers American Psycho among a group of other "transgressive novels."
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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis | |
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