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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kennard, Jean E., 1936- Number and nightmare, forms of fantasy in contemporary fiction. Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1975 (OCoLC)643676823 |
Named Person: | John Barth; Kurt Vonnegut; Anthony Burgess; James Purdy; William Golding; Joseph Heller; Iris Murdoch; John Barth; Anthony Burgess; William Golding; Joseph Heller; Iris Murdoch; James Purdy; Kurt Vonnegut |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean E Kennard |
ISBN: | 0208014861 9780208014863 |
OCLC Number: | 1111393 |
Description: | 244 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: The post-existential world: image and counter-image -- pt. 1. Number: ch. 1. Joseph Heller: at war with absurdity -- ch. 2. John Barth: imitations of imitations -- ch. 3. James Purdy: fidelity to failure -- ch. 4. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: the sirens of satire -- pt. 2. Nightmare: ch. 5. Anthony Burgess: double vision -- ch. 6. Iris Murdoch: the revelation of reality -- ch. 7. William Golding: islands. |
Responsibility: | Jean E. Kennard. |
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