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 13
... example . His stories magnify the repressed violence of so - called ordinary life in a style deceptively direct and simple . The stories provide the illusion , then , of realism , yet always with a twist . " Viewfinder , " for example ...
... example . His stories magnify the repressed violence of so - called ordinary life in a style deceptively direct and simple . The stories provide the illusion , then , of realism , yet always with a twist . " Viewfinder , " for example ...
Page 105
... example is Renata Adler's Speedboat ( 1976 ) . Fragmentation can happen on virtually any scale , of course , but let's resist treating it as a unified phenomenon . There seems to be a qualitative difference of effect , for example ...
... example is Renata Adler's Speedboat ( 1976 ) . Fragmentation can happen on virtually any scale , of course , but let's resist treating it as a unified phenomenon . There seems to be a qualitative difference of effect , for example ...
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... example , explains that nature , in its extreme zones- intense cold or heat - is " too powerful to allow Spirit to build up a world for itself . ... The true theatre of History is therefore the temperate zone ; or , rather , its ...
... example , explains that nature , in its extreme zones- intense cold or heat - is " too powerful to allow Spirit to build up a world for itself . ... The true theatre of History is therefore the temperate zone ; or , rather , its ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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