@article{349266,
      recid = {349266},
      author = {Nicol, Bran,},
      title = {The Cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, UK ;},
      pages = {xvii, 220 p. ;},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {"Postmodern fiction presents a challenge to the reader:  instead of enjoying it passively, the reader has to work to  understand its meanings, to think about what fiction is,  and to question their own responses. Yet this very  challenge makes postmodern writing so much fun to read and  rewarding to study. Unlike most introductions to  postmodernism and fiction, this book places the emphasis on  literature rather than theory. It introduces the most  prominent British and American novelists associated with  postmodernism, from the 'pioneers', Beckett, Borges and  Burroughs, to important post-war writers such as Pynchon,  Carter, Atwood, Morrison, Gibson, Auster, DeLillo, and  Ellis. Designed for students and clearly written, this  Introduction explains the preoccupations, styles and  techniques that unite postmodern authors. Their work is  characterized by a self-reflexive acknowledgement of its  status as fiction, and by the various ways in which it  challenges readers to question common-sense and commonplace  assumptions about literature"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/349266},
}