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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... Perfect Vacuum ( 1979 ) " Perfect Reviews of Nonexistent Books . " An author might include reviews of his novel within the novel itself , or parody reviews of his recent work . For an amusing example of the latter , see William Gaddis ...
... Perfect Vacuum ( 1979 ) " Perfect Reviews of Nonexistent Books . " An author might include reviews of his novel within the novel itself , or parody reviews of his recent work . For an amusing example of the latter , see William Gaddis ...
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... Perfect Vacuum , ( 1979 ) , Lem satirizes schol- arly , literary , and scientific forms . The book is a collection of critical essays on novels or technical works that don't exist . A Perfect Vacuum proposes to help the critic find ...
... Perfect Vacuum , ( 1979 ) , Lem satirizes schol- arly , literary , and scientific forms . The book is a collection of critical essays on novels or technical works that don't exist . A Perfect Vacuum proposes to help the critic find ...
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... perfect witness to the past reality of its object : it is as trans- parent as language is opaque . Just as one may read a text as its consumer or producer , so one may view a photograph as an image , significant through its relation ...
... perfect witness to the past reality of its object : it is as trans- parent as language is opaque . Just as one may read a text as its consumer or producer , so one may view a photograph as an image , significant through its relation ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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