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 151
... story of another author who , in turn , tells his stories . Such improvisation and the story - within - the - story frame are , as already noted , common postmod- ern techniques . Thomas ' concern for improvisation is clear , for it is ...
... story of another author who , in turn , tells his stories . Such improvisation and the story - within - the - story frame are , as already noted , common postmod- ern techniques . Thomas ' concern for improvisation is clear , for it is ...
Page 337
... stories about characters who are themselves full of stories . The novel Too Late ( 1978 ) is such a story . Art , the narrator , and Donna are at the theater . She doesn't like the movie and decides to return to the apartment they share ...
... stories about characters who are themselves full of stories . The novel Too Late ( 1978 ) is such a story . Art , the narrator , and Donna are at the theater . She doesn't like the movie and decides to return to the apartment they share ...
Page 338
... Stories ( 1980 ) is a convoluted maze of tales centered on a shocking suicide , but the play of the stories goes beyond this tragic death to the very idea of what it means to explain an event in a story . As the title suggests , the story ...
... Stories ( 1980 ) is a convoluted maze of tales centered on a shocking suicide , but the play of the stories goes beyond this tragic death to the very idea of what it means to explain an event in a story . As the title suggests , the story ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Postmodern Journalism | 51 |
Copyright | |
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