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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... genre , all possible SF texts as well . The successful post- modern work of science fiction adds to the genre and exhausts it at the same time . The premier parodist of postmodern science fiction is the Italian writer Italo Calvino ...
... genre , all possible SF texts as well . The successful post- modern work of science fiction adds to the genre and exhausts it at the same time . The premier parodist of postmodern science fiction is the Italian writer Italo Calvino ...
Page 167
... genre . Another writer often associated with the constructivist approach to text generation is Barrett Watten . * In his prose at least , this has less to do with any use of a numeric pattern principle than with the extraordinary degree ...
... genre . Another writer often associated with the constructivist approach to text generation is Barrett Watten . * In his prose at least , this has less to do with any use of a numeric pattern principle than with the extraordinary degree ...
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... genre fiction are simply examples of what is implicit within a given system of rules , Calvino's tales are both examples of the genre and recap- itulations of the generic structure , like a perfectly crafted sonnet that ex- plains the ...
... genre fiction are simply examples of what is implicit within a given system of rules , Calvino's tales are both examples of the genre and recap- itulations of the generic structure , like a perfectly crafted sonnet that ex- plains the ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
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