A lucid exploration of the key features of postmodernism and the most important authors from Beckett to DeLillo.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bran Nicol is a Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Portsmouth.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: reading postmodern fiction 1. Postmodern fiction: theory and practice 2. Early postmodern fiction: Beckett, Borges, and Burroughs 3. 1960s and 1970s US metafiction: Coover, Barth, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Pynchon 4. The postmodern historical novel: Fowles, Barnes, Swift 5. Postmodern-postcolonial fiction 6. Postmodern fiction by women: Carter, Atwood, Acker 7. Two postmodern genres: cyberpunk and 'metaphysical' detective fiction 8. Fiction of the 'postmodern condition': Ballard, DeLillo, Ellis Bibliography Index.
Preface: reading postmodern fiction; 1. Postmodern fiction: theory and practice; 2. Early postmodern fiction: Beckett, Borges, and Burroughs; 3. 1960s and 1970s US metafiction: Coover, Barth, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Pynchon; 4. The postmodern historical novel: Fowles, Barnes, Swift; 5. Postmodern-postcolonial fiction; 6. Postmodern fiction by women: Carter, Atwood, Acker; 7. Two postmodern genres: cyberpunk and 'metaphysical' detective fiction; 8. Fiction of the 'postmodern condition': Ballard, DeLillo, Ellis; Bibliography; Index.
Preface: reading postmodern fiction 1. Postmodern fiction: theory and practice 2. Early postmodern fiction: Beckett, Borges, and Burroughs 3. 1960s and 1970s US metafiction: Coover, Barth, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Pynchon 4. The postmodern historical novel: Fowles, Barnes, Swift 5. Postmodern-postcolonial fiction 6. Postmodern fiction by women: Carter, Atwood, Acker 7. Two postmodern genres: cyberpunk and 'metaphysical' detective fiction 8. Fiction of the 'postmodern condition': Ballard, DeLillo, Ellis Bibliography Index.
Preface: reading postmodern fiction; 1. Postmodern fiction: theory and practice; 2. Early postmodern fiction: Beckett, Borges, and Burroughs; 3. 1960s and 1970s US metafiction: Coover, Barth, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Pynchon; 4. The postmodern historical novel: Fowles, Barnes, Swift; 5. Postmodern-postcolonial fiction; 6. Postmodern fiction by women: Carter, Atwood, Acker; 7. Two postmodern genres: cyberpunk and 'metaphysical' detective fiction; 8. Fiction of the 'postmodern condition': Ballard, DeLillo, Ellis; Bibliography; Index.
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'Nicol's continuously readable Introduction is a valuable work of reference and one which many students will find helpful.' Notes and Queries
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