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 167
... Complete Thought ( 1982 ) . In the title poem of the latter collection , each section is composed of two double - spaced sentences , such as The world is complete . Books demand limits . " Through their brevity , the question of margins ...
... Complete Thought ( 1982 ) . In the title poem of the latter collection , each section is composed of two double - spaced sentences , such as The world is complete . Books demand limits . " Through their brevity , the question of margins ...
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... ( complete with a quest for a new Grail ) and is also a comic exploration of the corporatization of America and the world ; Proto Industrial Trust ( PIT ) , of which the Means Corporation is a part , attempts to stake a claim to Halley's ...
... ( complete with a quest for a new Grail ) and is also a comic exploration of the corporatization of America and the world ; Proto Industrial Trust ( PIT ) , of which the Means Corporation is a part , attempts to stake a claim to Halley's ...
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... complete or that it will be easy ; Riddley goes back out to confront his world — to possible success , or inevitable failure ? Hoban offers no easy answers , no easy stories , as Pilgermann makes clear . But he offers a con- stantly ...
... complete or that it will be easy ; Riddley goes back out to confront his world — to possible success , or inevitable failure ? Hoban offers no easy answers , no easy stories , as Pilgermann makes clear . But he offers a con- stantly ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Copyright | |
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