| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Joseph Tabbi -- An interview with William Gaddis, circa 1980 / Tom LeClair -- In the diaspora of words : Gaddis, Kierkegaard, and the art of recognition(s) / Klaus Benesch -- The collapse of everything : William Gaddis and the encyclopedic novel / Stephen J. Burn -- Gaddis dialogue questioned / Joseph McElroy -- The aesthetics of first- and second-order cybernetics in William Gaddis's J R / Stephen Schryer -- William Gaddis and the autopoiesis of American literature / Joseph Tabbi -- Cognitive gothic : relevance theory, iteration, and style / Jeff Bursey and Anne Furlong -- Critical mimesis : J R's transition to postmodernity / Nicholas Spencer -- Cognitive map, aesthetic object, or national allegory? : Carpenter's gothic / Nicholas Brown -- The end of Agapē : on the debates around Gaddis / Rone Shavers -- Writing from between the gaps : Agapē Agape and twentieth-century media culture / Michael Wutz -- Mark the music : J R and Agapē Agape / Anja Ziedler -- Valuable dregs : William Gaddis, the life of an artist / Crystal Alberts -- The secret history of Agapē Agape / Steven Moore |
| Summary |
Gaddis (1922-1998) is often cited as the link between literary modernism and postmodernism in the United States. This work includes essays which address subjects as diverse as cybernetics, the law, media theory, race and class, music, and the perils and benefits of globalization. It also contains an interview with Gaddis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Gaddis, William, 1922-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Gaddis, William, 1922-1998 fast |
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Gaddis, William, (1922-1998) -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
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Gaddis, William. swd |
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Literature and technology -- United States
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Globalization in literature.
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Mass media in literature.
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Capitalism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Capitalism in literature
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Globalization in literature
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Literature and technology
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Mass media in literature
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Capitalisme et littérature.
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Médias et littérature.
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Mondialisation -- Dans la littérature.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tabbi, Joseph, 1960-
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Shavers, Rone, 1970-
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| ISBN |
9780817381523 |
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081738152X |
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