Dissident Postmodernists : : Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon / / Paul Maltby.
Critics who hold that postmodernist art is essentially adversarial and apolitical have ignored the historical context of the postmodern focus on the problems of language. Maltby examines a major current of postmodernist fiction that can be read as a dissident response to developments of late capital...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Constructions of Postmodernism -- 2. Language and Late Capitalism -- 3. Donald Barthelme -- 4. Robert Coover -- 5. Thomas Pynchon -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | Critics who hold that postmodernist art is essentially adversarial and apolitical have ignored the historical context of the postmodern focus on the problems of language. Maltby examines a major current of postmodernist fiction that can be read as a dissident response to developments of late capitalism that have transformed the field of language and communication. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781512804430 9783110442526 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9781512804430 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paul Maltby. |