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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... born , of course , within the Judeo - Christian trope : human beings as a hierarchy unto themselves , with baser instincts and greater inspiration . Transcending the bestial was an important aspect of literature's high purpose . Of ...
... born , of course , within the Judeo - Christian trope : human beings as a hierarchy unto themselves , with baser instincts and greater inspiration . Transcending the bestial was an important aspect of literature's high purpose . Of ...
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... Born in Tacoma , Washington , on January 30 , 1935 , Richard Gary Brau- tigan was the oldest child of Bernard and Lula Mary Keho Brautigan . In 1954 he moved to San Francisco where , at one time , he shared an apartment with Philip ...
... Born in Tacoma , Washington , on January 30 , 1935 , Richard Gary Brau- tigan was the oldest child of Bernard and Lula Mary Keho Brautigan . In 1954 he moved to San Francisco where , at one time , he shared an apartment with Philip ...
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... born into a Chinese family whose members ' lives read more like Old Testament legends than they do modern biogra ... born in China , died ; he became a partner in a Manhattan laundry , and she earned a degree at the To Keung School of ...
... born into a Chinese family whose members ' lives read more like Old Testament legends than they do modern biogra ... born in China , died ; he became a partner in a Manhattan laundry , and she earned a degree at the To Keung School of ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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