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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... post- modern fiction , isolate specific aesthetic tendencies within the movement , and discuss the major themes and topics central to postmodernism . Part I concludes with two articles dealing specifically with postmodern criticism and ...
... post- modern fiction , isolate specific aesthetic tendencies within the movement , and discuss the major themes and topics central to postmodernism . Part I concludes with two articles dealing specifically with postmodern criticism and ...
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A Bio-Bibliographical Guide Larry McCaffery. THOMAS LeCLAIR Postmodern Mastery Postmodernism exists . Pages of illustration are here dispensed with . After categorizing comes criticism : which are the best postmodern novels ? Which ...
A Bio-Bibliographical Guide Larry McCaffery. THOMAS LeCLAIR Postmodern Mastery Postmodernism exists . Pages of illustration are here dispensed with . After categorizing comes criticism : which are the best postmodern novels ? Which ...
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... postmodern proposition , " is to use all that is there to use . Recognizing that no critical determination is either stable or limited , the postmodern critic acknowledges and plays with the psychological , cultural , political ...
... postmodern proposition , " is to use all that is there to use . Recognizing that no critical determination is either stable or limited , the postmodern critic acknowledges and plays with the psychological , cultural , political ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Copyright | |
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