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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... magic realism " defines this aesthetic limbo for Ironweed and the considerable body of writing for which realism is a very real specter . Although there is no clear consensus among critics about the precise bound- aries of magic realism ...
... magic realism " defines this aesthetic limbo for Ironweed and the considerable body of writing for which realism is a very real specter . Although there is no clear consensus among critics about the precise bound- aries of magic realism ...
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... magic realist writing in America in the contemporary period . There is no doubt that Latin American nar- rative has ... realism originated in Latin America and was imported to the United States in translation . The revival of magic ...
... magic realist writing in America in the contemporary period . There is no doubt that Latin American nar- rative has ... realism originated in Latin America and was imported to the United States in translation . The revival of magic ...
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... magic realism . Wilde's readings of Apple , Elkin , and Barthelme are insightful and persuasive ; but in an age where terminology proliferates , it was prob- ably not necessary for him to coin a new one . It would be wrong to draw too ...
... magic realism . Wilde's readings of Apple , Elkin , and Barthelme are insightful and persuasive ; but in an age where terminology proliferates , it was prob- ably not necessary for him to coin a new one . It would be wrong to draw too ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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