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 ix
... major themes and topics central to postmodernism . Part I concludes with two articles dealing specifically with ... major works , and a selected bibliography ; these bibliographies are usually divided into Primary Sources , which list ...
... major themes and topics central to postmodernism . Part I concludes with two articles dealing specifically with ... major works , and a selected bibliography ; these bibliographies are usually divided into Primary Sources , which list ...
Page xiv
... major impact on our contemporary literary sensibility . These omissions were made reluctantly , but to do otherwise would have created the un- solvable dilemma of where and how else to draw the line of demarcation . To include Borges ...
... major impact on our contemporary literary sensibility . These omissions were made reluctantly , but to do otherwise would have created the un- solvable dilemma of where and how else to draw the line of demarcation . To include Borges ...
Page 199
... major debate regarding the Boom's authenticity.23 It also shows how the canonical writ- ers , in conjunction with the mass media , managed to project their own literary project as the Latin American model , reducing and controlling the ...
... major debate regarding the Boom's authenticity.23 It also shows how the canonical writ- ers , in conjunction with the mass media , managed to project their own literary project as the Latin American model , reducing and controlling the ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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