Description |
1 online resource : 4 illustrations |
Series |
Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I. Imitation's Limitations; or, Why Writers Write About Writers Writing -- II. The Repertoire of Reflexivity -- III. The Self-Conscious Tradition -- IV. Getting Back at James Joyce -- V. Nabokov's Imitations of Mortality -- VI. Plagiarizing The Recognitions -- VII. Paradoxical Pynchon; or, The Real World Inside Gravity's Rainbow -- VIII. A Trestle of LETTERS -- IX. The Criticism of Self-Consciousness -- X. Reflexive Commentary in the Form of a Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Summary |
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas |
Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016) |
Subject |
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Pynchon, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 fast |
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Pynchon, Thomas fast |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Psychological fiction -- History and criticism
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Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature.
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Illusion in literature.
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Fiction -- Technique.
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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American fiction
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English fiction
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Fiction -- Technique
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Illusion in literature
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Intellectual life
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Psychological fiction
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Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature
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English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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English-speaking countries
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781512807325 |
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151280732X |
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