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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... gives the main character , Paul Berlin , a way to come to terms with his experience . It also allows him to explore ... give me more speed that I could bear . Whenever I heard something outside of our clenched little circle I'd ...
... gives the main character , Paul Berlin , a way to come to terms with his experience . It also allows him to explore ... give me more speed that I could bear . Whenever I heard something outside of our clenched little circle I'd ...
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... give Abish the freedom to generate his text . His fiction works over the meaning of signs , usually familiar and reassuring , that become ominous in their implications . In " How the Comb Gives a Fresh Meaning to the Hair , " the ...
... give Abish the freedom to generate his text . His fiction works over the meaning of signs , usually familiar and reassuring , that become ominous in their implications . In " How the Comb Gives a Fresh Meaning to the Hair , " the ...
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... Gives way to . A reality continually demanded of , give up , renovated . Or else the hygenics of per- sonal encounter are bowled over by autodidactic posturings in the name of space . We breathe here , while the third baseperson maps ...
... Gives way to . A reality continually demanded of , give up , renovated . Or else the hygenics of per- sonal encounter are bowled over by autodidactic posturings in the name of space . We breathe here , while the third baseperson maps ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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