Paul Auster (Paperback)

Paul Auster provides the first extended analysis of Auster's essays, poetry, fiction, films and collaborative projects. It explores his key themes of identity; language and writing; metropolitan living and community; and storytelling and illusion. By tracing how Auster's representations of New York and city life have matured from a position of urban nihilism to qualified optimism, the book shows how the variety of forms he works in influences the treatment of his central concerns. The chapters are organised around gradually extending spaces to reflect the way in which Auster's work broadens its focus, beginning with the poet's room and finishing with the global metropolis of New York: his home city and often his muse. The book uses Auster's published and unpublished literary essays to explain the shifts from the dense and introspective poems of the 70s, through the metropolitan fictions of the 80s and early 90s, to the relatively optimistic and critically acclaimed films, and his return to fiction in recent years. Objectivist poets, and that of European modernists such as Kafka and Hamsun is explored in depth. Because of Auster's consistent concern with living in New York, urban commentators provide important insights into the metropolitan experiences of Auster's central characters. Benjamin's description of the flaneur, for example, along with de Certeau's discussion of walking in New York, provide the cultural context for the exploration of Auster's urban stories. This book will be invaluable for general readers, students and specialists.

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contemporary American and Canadian Writers
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Mark Brown
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-7397-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-7190-7397-9
Barcode:	9780719073977

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