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 259
... reveal about the main character . Likewise , in Giles , Barth presents a farcical reworking of mythic elements and a ... reveals Barth's deepening exploration of narrative form and language . Funhouse is a series of 14 short fictions ...
... reveal about the main character . Likewise , in Giles , Barth presents a farcical reworking of mythic elements and a ... reveals Barth's deepening exploration of narrative form and language . Funhouse is a series of 14 short fictions ...
Page 324
... reveal less a variety of technical experiments than a single voice and intelligence brought to bear on a panorama of contem- porary obsessions , anxieties , and cultural phenomena . His subjects have ranged from filmmaking , football ...
... reveal less a variety of technical experiments than a single voice and intelligence brought to bear on a panorama of contem- porary obsessions , anxieties , and cultural phenomena . His subjects have ranged from filmmaking , football ...
Page 367
... reveals that Frisch is a highly un- conventional individual . Ironically , his early years appear unconventional simply because they took such a conventional course . As a youngster he neither rebelled against the established order ...
... reveals that Frisch is a highly un- conventional individual . Ironically , his early years appear unconventional simply because they took such a conventional course . As a youngster he neither rebelled against the established order ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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