| Description |
xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction The problem of reality and the new rationale for romance -- pt. 1. The waste land as institution The grail knight arrives: Ken Kesey, One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- The fisher king turns warden: Stanley Elkin, A bad man -- The grail knight goes to college: John Barth, Giles goat-boy -- The grail knight departs: Joseph Heller, Catch-22 -- pt. 2. The waste land as conspiracy The illusion and the possibility of conspiracy: Thomas Pynchon, V. and The crying of Lot -- Conspiracy from without and within: John Hawkes, The lime twig; Stanley Elkin, Boswell -- pt. 3. From waste land to fable land Out of the waste land and into the fire: cataclysm or the cosmic cool: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The sirens of Titan; Mother night; Cat's cradle; God bless you, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-five or The children's crusade -- Out of the waste land: Peter S. Beagle, The last unicorn |
| Summary |
Discusses the novels of Ken Kesey, Stanley Elkin, John Barth, Joseph Heller, Thomas Pynchon, John Hawkes, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and Peter S. Beagle |
| Analysis |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism |
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Fiction in English American writers, c.1960-1970 Critical studies |
| Notes |
Bibliographyp.243-252. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 243-252 |
| Subject |
Barth, John -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Heller, Joseph -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kesey, Ken -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Pynchon, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Vonnegut, Kurt, Criticism and interpretation
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
73182210 |
| ISBN |
0300015437 |
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