An edition of William Gaddis, "the last of something"
(2010)
William Gaddis, "the last of something"
critical essays
by Crystal Alberts
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"This collection of essays explores the interrelation between Gaddis's writing and the culture that helped to engender it. The essays cover such topics as technique, genre, religion, art, economics, colonialism and the role played by Gaddis's own travels through Europe and North Africa"--Provided by publisher.
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William Gaddis, "the last of something": critical essays
2010, McFarland & Co.
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078644309X 9780786443093
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Table of Contents
Mapping William Gaddis: the man, The recognitions and his time / Crystal Alberts
The kvetch, the rant, and the bitch / William H. Gass
The power of Babel: art, entropy, and aporia in the novels / Christopher Leise
Trying to make negative things do the work of positive ones: Gaddis and apophaticism / Christopher J. Knight
Failing criticism: The recognitions / Joseph Conway
Agapē agape: the last Christian novel(s) / Birger Vanwesenbeeck
"A disciplined nostalgia": Gaddis and the modern art object / Lisa Siraganian
The recognitions and Carpenter's gothic: Gaddis's anti-Pauline novels / John Soutter
This little prodigy went to market: the education of JR / Tim Conley
Fields ripe for harvest: Carpenter's gothic, Africa, and avatars of biopolitical control / Mathieu Duplay
After Gaddis: data storage and the novel / Stephen J. Burn.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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