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050 00 $aPN3503$b.N48 2009
082 00 $a809.3/9113$222
100 1 $aNicol, Bran,$d1969-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98062114
245 14 $aThe Cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction /$cBran Nicol.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
300 $axvii, 220 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCambridge introductions to literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
650 0 $aFiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85048055
650 0 $aPostmodernism (Literature)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000478
830 0 $aCambridge introductions to literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006099413
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009029995-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009029995-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0916/2009029995-b.html
852 00 $bmil$hPN3503$i.N48 2009