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 144
... object or idea . Hence the narcissistic impetus of contemporary texts . But the distinction between the mourning subject and the contemporary novel is an important one . The term " narcissism ” must be applied to this fiction in a ...
... object or idea . Hence the narcissistic impetus of contemporary texts . But the distinction between the mourning subject and the contemporary novel is an important one . The term " narcissism ” must be applied to this fiction in a ...
Page 232
... object of knowledge and as a subject that knows : enslaved sovereign , observed spectator , ... 2 While elaborating the necessary recursivity of the knowledge of man , Fou- cault also problematizes that infinite solidarity accorded to ...
... object of knowledge and as a subject that knows : enslaved sovereign , observed spectator , ... 2 While elaborating the necessary recursivity of the knowledge of man , Fou- cault also problematizes that infinite solidarity accorded to ...
Page 265
... object configure . Because light takes time to travel , what is imprinted is always a past state of the object , with the photographed object usually being further removed from its image than the seen object is . The pho- tograph bears ...
... object configure . Because light takes time to travel , what is imprinted is always a past state of the object , with the photographed object usually being further removed from its image than the seen object is . The pho- tograph bears ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
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