Postmodernist fiction /

"This is one of the most lively and lucid studies of contemporary fiction around. Whether or not you agree with his provocative definition of the postmodern, McHale's argument is always engaging, bold and forceful"--Linda Hutcheon

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McHale, Brian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1987.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0203396146
9780203396148
0203393325
9780203393321
9780415045131
0415045134
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • POSTMODERNIST FICTION
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PREFACE
  • PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES
  • 1: FROM MODERNIST TO POSTMODERNIST FICTION: CHANGE OF DOMINANT
  • 2: SOME ONTOLOGIES OF FICTION
  • PART TWO: WORLDS
  • 3: IN THE ZONE
  • 4: WORLDS IN COLLISION
  • 5: A WORLD NEXT DOOR
  • 6: REAL, COMPARED TO WHAT?
  • PART THREE: CONSTRUCTION
  • 7: WORLDS UNDER ERASURE
  • 8: CHINESE-BOX WORLDS
  • PART FOUR: WORDS
  • 9: TROPOLOGICAL WORLDS
  • 10: STYLED WORLDS
  • 11: WORLDS OF DISCOURSE
  • PART FIVE: GROUNDINGS
  • 12: WORLDS ON PAPER
  • 13: AUTHORS: DEAD AND POSTHUMOUS
  • PART SIX: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE POSTMODERNISM
  • 14: LOVE AND DEATH IN THE POSTMODERNIST NOVEL
  • CODA: THE SENSE OF JOYCE'S ENDINGS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.