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 134
... reader into the compositional process itself , allowing the reader to look , not only over the writer's shoulder , but also into the actual workings of the creative mind at work as it formulates one aesthetic decision after another ...
... reader into the compositional process itself , allowing the reader to look , not only over the writer's shoulder , but also into the actual workings of the creative mind at work as it formulates one aesthetic decision after another ...
Page 295
... readers expect when picking up a book by Frederick Busch : tales of marital pain and domestic crisis that jerk the reader into a minute , harrowing , and finally loving examination of common people heroically hanging on through the ...
... readers expect when picking up a book by Frederick Busch : tales of marital pain and domestic crisis that jerk the reader into a minute , harrowing , and finally loving examination of common people heroically hanging on through the ...
Page 364
... reader as they are intended to force the reader to choose . Although his characters are often coerced into becoming free - imprisoned in order to be liberated - so are his occasionally manipulated readers part of what one critic calls ...
... reader as they are intended to force the reader to choose . Although his characters are often coerced into becoming free - imprisoned in order to be liberated - so are his occasionally manipulated readers part of what one critic calls ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
Copyright | |
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