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 154
... final stop is the castle of Prince Sarrau , where the theme of insanity reaches a climax . Bernhard here continually contrasts the old aristocratic order with the industrial order , supporting a belief that progress hasn't actually im ...
... final stop is the castle of Prince Sarrau , where the theme of insanity reaches a climax . Bernhard here continually contrasts the old aristocratic order with the industrial order , supporting a belief that progress hasn't actually im ...
Page 184
... final novel ( she died prematurely in 1982 ) , Arnold experimented with larger units of narrative structure . Her protagonist is split between Su , the balanced but repressed career woman , and her alter ego , Sister Gin , the angry ...
... final novel ( she died prematurely in 1982 ) , Arnold experimented with larger units of narrative structure . Her protagonist is split between Su , the balanced but repressed career woman , and her alter ego , Sister Gin , the angry ...
Page 263
... final license in grammar and philology in 1943— and taught in lycées for two years . The result of a relapse in 1941 was that he was in and out of sanatoria until a final convalescence in Paris in 1946- 1947. Cured , Barthes taught for ...
... final license in grammar and philology in 1943— and taught in lycées for two years . The result of a relapse in 1941 was that he was in and out of sanatoria until a final convalescence in Paris in 1946- 1947. Cured , Barthes taught for ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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