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 179
... Death of the Universe , " Sarah Boyle's loss of control over domestic details and her ultimate dissolution are metaphorically related to the decay of civilization and the physical law of entropy ( the heat death of the universe ) . In ...
... Death of the Universe , " Sarah Boyle's loss of control over domestic details and her ultimate dissolution are metaphorically related to the decay of civilization and the physical law of entropy ( the heat death of the universe ) . In ...
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... Death of Fiction . " Prospects 1 ( 1975 ) : 369-86 . Wilde , Alan . " Barthelme Unfair to Kierkegaard : Some ... death of the author and now announced the death of the world of photographable physical objects , where " death " is the ...
... Death of Fiction . " Prospects 1 ( 1975 ) : 369-86 . Wilde , Alan . " Barthelme Unfair to Kierkegaard : Some ... death of the author and now announced the death of the world of photographable physical objects , where " death " is the ...
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... death of his grandfather , a writer of some renown to whom Bernhard had been very close , and the passing of his mother only a year later were serious blows to the troubled young man , who , in the 1950s , studied music and drama ...
... death of his grandfather , a writer of some renown to whom Bernhard had been very close , and the passing of his mother only a year later were serious blows to the troubled young man , who , in the 1950s , studied music and drama ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Copyright | |
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