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000349266 1001_ $$aNicol, Bran,$$d1969-
000349266 24514 $$aThe Cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction /$$cBran Nicol.
000349266 260__ $$aCambridge, UK ;$$aNew York :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2009.
000349266 300__ $$axvii, 220 p. ;$$c23 cm.
000349266 4901_ $$aCambridge introductions to literature
000349266 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000349266 5050_ $$aPreface: reading postmodern fiction -- Introduction: postmodernism and postmodernity -- Postmodern fiction: theory and practice -- Early postmodern fiction: Beckett, Borges, and Burroughs -- US metafiction: Coover, Barth, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Pynchon -- The postmodern historical novel: Fowles, Barnes, Swift -- Postmodern-postcolonial fiction -- Postmodern fiction by women: Carter, Atwood, Acker -- Two postmodern genres: cyberpunk and 'metaphysical' detective fiction -- Fiction of the 'postmodern condition': Ballard, DeLillo, Ellis.
000349266 520__ $$a"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.
000349266 520__ $$a"Designed for students and clearly written, this Introduction explains the preoccupations, styles and techniques that unite postmodern authors. Their work is characterized by a self-reflexive acknowledgement of its status as fiction, and by the various ways in which it challenges readers to question commonsense and commonplace assumptions about literature"--Provided by publisher.
000349266 650_0 $$aFiction$$y20th century$$xHistory and criticism.
000349266 650_0 $$aPostmodernism (Literature)
000349266 830_0 $$aCambridge introductions to literature.
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