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The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction (Paperback)
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The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fiction (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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Postmodern fiction presents a challenge to the reader: instead of
enjoying it passively, the reader has to work to understand its
meanings, to think about what fiction is, and to question their own
responses. Yet this very challenge makes postmodern writing so much
fun to read and rewarding to study. Unlike most introductions to
postmodernism and fiction, this book places the emphasis on
literature rather than theory. It introduces the most prominent
British and American novelists associated with postmodernism, from
the "pioneers," Beckett, Borges and Burroughs, to important
post-war writers such as Pynchon, Carter, Atwood, Morrison, Gibson,
Auster, DeLillo, and Ellis. Designed for students and clearly
written, this Introduction explains the preoccupations, styles and
techniques that unite postmodern authors. Their work is
characterized by a self-reflexive acknowledgement of its status as
fiction, and by the various ways in which it challenges readers to
question common-sense and commonplace assumptions about literature.
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