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Literary subversions : new American fiction and the practice of criticism

Author: Jerome Klinkowitz
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1985.
Series: Crosscurrents/modern critiques., Third series.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Klinkowitz, Jerome.
Literary subversions.
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1985
(OCoLC)564269288
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jerome Klinkowitz
ISBN: 0809312093 9780809312092
OCLC Number: 11725825
Description: xlii, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Pretext: Criticism and fiction in an age of subversions --
1. The essay as polemic: John Barth: fiction in an age of criticism --
Ishmael Reed's multicultural aesthetic --
John Irving's world according to fiction --
2. The essay as lyric: John Updike's America --
Grace Paley: the sociology of metafiction --
Robley Wilson's experimental realism --
3. The essay as meditation: John Gardner's Grendel --
Thomas McGuane: the novel of manners --
Radicalized --
Richard Yates: the power of sadness --
4. The essay as witness: Betrayed by Jerzy Kosinski --
At home with Dan Wakefield --
Postcards from Tom Glynn --
Subtext: The critic par lui-même.
Series Title: Crosscurrents/modern critiques., Third series.
Responsibility: Jerome Klinkowitz.
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