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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... heaven . " This is a reality produced by the imagination and shaped by a specific cultural and historical situation . García Márquez reinvents ice for us and invents a world in which the ascension of Remedios the Beauty is as real as ...
... heaven . " This is a reality produced by the imagination and shaped by a specific cultural and historical situation . García Márquez reinvents ice for us and invents a world in which the ascension of Remedios the Beauty is as real as ...
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... Heaven on a Summer Night , " and " Lofty " ) . Shorter than many of her earlier pieces - Beattie calls them " drawing room dramas " -these are less speculative and more pronounced in their resolutions , which are often epiphanies ...
... Heaven on a Summer Night , " and " Lofty " ) . Shorter than many of her earlier pieces - Beattie calls them " drawing room dramas " -these are less speculative and more pronounced in their resolutions , which are often epiphanies ...
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... Heaven ( 1963 ) , which she wrote shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall , an event , though repugnant to most in East and West alike , which spurred a liberalization in East German social and cultural policy . Divided Heaven ...
... Heaven ( 1963 ) , which she wrote shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall , an event , though repugnant to most in East and West alike , which spurred a liberalization in East German social and cultural policy . Divided Heaven ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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