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 59
... nature . In contrast to Cook , Thompson himself survives by willingly taking on the persona of Lono . In the course of the tale he becomes increasingly savage , hurling verbal abuse and huge quantities of firecrackers at the society and ...
... nature . In contrast to Cook , Thompson himself survives by willingly taking on the persona of Lono . In the course of the tale he becomes increasingly savage , hurling verbal abuse and huge quantities of firecrackers at the society and ...
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... nature , to its " resources " ) is known as a positive feedback or runaway relationship : the more you have , the more you get . Unlike the primary control system of nature , negative feedback , which seeks out deviation and neutralizes ...
... nature , to its " resources " ) is known as a positive feedback or runaway relationship : the more you have , the more you get . Unlike the primary control system of nature , negative feedback , which seeks out deviation and neutralizes ...
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... nature , the body , and consciousness . The Wordsworth study describes that poet's development as a dialectic of nature and consciousness , whose mediation lies in imagination . This theme is repeated in " Romanticism and Anti - Self ...
... nature , the body , and consciousness . The Wordsworth study describes that poet's development as a dialectic of nature and consciousness , whose mediation lies in imagination . This theme is repeated in " Romanticism and Anti - Self ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
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