Alternate Worlds: A Study of Postmodern Antirealistic American Fiction

ISBN-10
0814746144
ISBN-13
9780814746141
Series
Alternate Worlds
Category
American fiction
Pages
373
Language
English
Published
1991-06-01
Author
John Kuehl

Description

Plot, character, setting and theme, according to John Hawkes, perhaps the first post-World War II antirealist, constitute the true enemies of the novel. modern antirealist finds user friendly, in a pattern search through the works of some of today's most imaginative writers - Barth, Barthelme, Coover, Gass, Pynchon and Vonnegut, to name only a few - from some who have made it to the top of the bestseller lists to other barely known outside academic circles. Framing the study are an introduction by James W. Tuttleton, grouding the contemporary works in the context of early American writings by such countertraditionalists as Irving, Poe, Howells and Twain, and an interview in which the editor challenges the author as devil's advocate fro the realists, thrus enriching both points of view.

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