UID:
almafu_9959236682402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (187 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-97072-2
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1-134-97073-0
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1-280-23244-7
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9786610232444
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0-203-13140-1
Serie:
New accents
Inhalt:
Metafiction begins by surveying the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the complex political, social and economic factors which influence critical judgment of fiction. The author shows how, as the novel has been eclipsed by the mass media, novelists have sought to retain and regain a wide readership by drawing on the themes and preoccupations of these forms. Making use of contemporary fiction by such writers as Fowles, Borges, Spark, Barthelme, Brautigan, Vonnegut and Barth, and drawing on Russian Formalist theories of literary evolution, the book argues
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; General editors preface; Acknowledgements; 1 What is metafiction and why are they saying such awful things about it?; 2 Literary self-consciousness: developments; 3 Literary evolution: the place of parody; 4 Are novelists liars? The ontological status of literary-fictional discourse; 5 Fictionality and context: from role-playing to language games; Notes; Bibliography; Further reading; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-138-12647-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-03006-4
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203131404
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