Theoretical Fables

Alicia Borinsky

• Hardcover | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Alicia Borinsky argues that the contemporary Latin American novel does not just ingeniously dismantle the referential claims of the more traditional n... Lees meer

American Magic and Dread

Mark Osteen

• Hardcover | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Don DeLillo once remarked to an interviewer that his intention is to use "the whole picture, the whole culture," of America. Since the publication of ... Lees meer

Wrestling Angels Into Song

Herman Beavers

• Hardcover | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Herman Beavers offers a richly nuanced study of Ernes J. Gaines, James Alan McPherson, and Ralph Ellison as writers who have found ways to invest circ... Lees meer

From Text to Hypertext

Silvio Gaggi

• Paperback | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• It is a tenet of postmodern writing that the subject--the self--is unstable, fragmented, and decentered. One useful way to examine this principle is t... Lees meer

Against Amnesia

Nancy J Peterson

• Hardcover | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• In Against Amnesia , Nancy J. Peterson addresses the ongoing postmodernist debate over the possibility and relevance of documentary and official histo... Lees meer

Modern/Postmodern

Silvio Gaggi

• Paperback | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Silvio Gaggi's survey of the vast terrain of twentieth century arts and ideas is unique not only for its scope but also for the clarity and cohesivene... Lees meer

The Literary Bent

James D Bloom

• Paperback | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• What is "literature in these postmodern, postcanonical times? And if a small number of works being written today are "literary," what distinguishes th... Lees meer

Beyond Suspicion

Marc Chénetier

• Hardcover | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1996 Lees meer

Beyond the Red Notebook

• Paperback | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• The novels of Paul Auster--finely wrought, self-reflexive, filled with doublings, coincidences, and mysteries--have captured the imagination of reader... Lees meer

Modern/Postmodern

Silvio Gaggi

• Hardcover | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Silvio Gaggi's survey of the vast terrain of twentieth century arts and ideas is unique not only for its scope but also for the clarity and cohesivene... Lees meer

Dreams of Fiery Stars

Catherine Rainwater

• Paperback | Engels | Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
• Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book, 1999 " Dreams of Fiery Stars is an original, substantial, and well-conceived contribution... Lees meer