Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical GuideLarry McCaffery The scope of the work is broad, with European and Latin American influences well represented. Recommended for collections that emphasize fiction of the past two decades. Library Journal |
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Page 182
... becomes an avenging warrior - is privileged in the telling . Both achieve the same substantiality through the text's pri ... become part of the women's movement . Many of the writers previously discussed belong to a consciously defined ...
... becomes an avenging warrior - is privileged in the telling . Both achieve the same substantiality through the text's pri ... become part of the women's movement . Many of the writers previously discussed belong to a consciously defined ...
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... become a dense and consistent historical reality , language forms the locus of tradition , of the unspoken habits of ... becomes biology , when the analysis of wealth becomes eco- nomics , when , above all , reflection upon language ...
... become a dense and consistent historical reality , language forms the locus of tradition , of the unspoken habits of ... becomes biology , when the analysis of wealth becomes eco- nomics , when , above all , reflection upon language ...
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... become later , and the correlation between Jacobus Coetzee and the United States in Vietnam is a tenuous one . In 1980 Coetzee's award - winning Waiting for the Barbarians was pub- lished . Narrated by a middle - aged anti - hero , the ...
... become later , and the correlation between Jacobus Coetzee and the United States in Vietnam is a tenuous one . In 1980 Coetzee's award - winning Waiting for the Barbarians was pub- lished . Narrated by a middle - aged anti - hero , the ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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