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 276
... vision of the perennial struggle between the sexes , especially as complicated by the tendency toward role reversal . Arthur Rex ( 1978 ) , yet another abrupt formal and linguistic departure , is Berger's re - imagining and retelling of ...
... vision of the perennial struggle between the sexes , especially as complicated by the tendency toward role reversal . Arthur Rex ( 1978 ) , yet another abrupt formal and linguistic departure , is Berger's re - imagining and retelling of ...
Page 395
... Vision ( 1954 ) , was composed under the direction of René Wellek . Hartman cites such figures as Ludwig Lew- isohn ... Vision and Wordsworth's Poetry ( 1964 ) we can detect the sure sign of Continental hermeneutics at work . The ...
... Vision ( 1954 ) , was composed under the direction of René Wellek . Hartman cites such figures as Ludwig Lew- isohn ... Vision and Wordsworth's Poetry ( 1964 ) we can detect the sure sign of Continental hermeneutics at work . The ...
Page 510
... vision , for the book ultimately concerns what the world is like without God : nasty , brutal , and nightmarish . Though working very slowly , Stone has produced two novels that are among the best of his generation . His craft has ...
... vision , for the book ultimately concerns what the world is like without God : nasty , brutal , and nightmarish . Though working very slowly , Stone has produced two novels that are among the best of his generation . His craft has ...
Contents
Paradoxes of Postmodern Writing | 5 |
Science Fiction in the Postmodern | 23 |
The Extremities of Realism | 39 |
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