Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon
Critics who hold that postmodernist art is essentially adversarial and apolitical have ignored the historical context of the postmodern focus on the problems of language. Paul Maltby examines a major current of postmodernist fiction that can be read as a dissident response to developments of late capitalism that have transformed the field of language and communication.
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Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon
Critics who hold that postmodernist art is essentially adversarial and apolitical have ignored the historical context of the postmodern focus on the problems of language. Paul Maltby examines a major current of postmodernist fiction that can be read as a dissident response to developments of late capitalism that have transformed the field of language and communication.
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Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon

Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon

by Paul Maltby
Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon

Dissident Postmodernists: Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon

by Paul Maltby

Hardcover(Reprint 2016 ed.)

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Overview

Critics who hold that postmodernist art is essentially adversarial and apolitical have ignored the historical context of the postmodern focus on the problems of language. Paul Maltby examines a major current of postmodernist fiction that can be read as a dissident response to developments of late capitalism that have transformed the field of language and communication.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812230642
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date: 12/29/1991
Series: Anniversary Collection
Edition description: Reprint 2016 ed.
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Paul Maltby is Professor of English at West Chester University.
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