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050 00 $aPS3557.A845$bZ67 2002
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100 1 $aHix, H. L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90610079
245 10 $aUnderstanding William H. Gass /$cH.L. Hix.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of South Carolina Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $a189 pages ;$c19 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aUnderstanding contemporary American literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-181) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tUnderstanding William H. Gass --$gCh. 2.$tFour Characters in Omensetter's Luck --$gCh. 3.$tFive Stories: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country --$gCh. 4.$tOne Theme in Three Essays --$gCh. 5.$tTwo Shades of Blue: Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife and On Being Blue --$gCh. 6.$tTwenty Questions on The Tunnel --$gCh. 7.$tFour Movements: Cartesian Sonata.
520 1 $a"Hix offers readings of Gass's works, from the early books, Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, to his later The Tunnel and Cartesian Sonata. Hix identifies the continuous presence of psychological, metaphysical, and ethical themes, including the lingering effect on adults of childhood hurts, the results of being "trapped" in language, and the consequences of hatred.
520 8 $aWhile agreeing with critics who label Gass's novels and stories metafiction, he contends that to stop the exploration there would be to miss a complete appreciation of the novelist. Hix demonstrates instead how Gass's writings both break and follow tradition - as metafiction belonging to the company of works by John Barth but also as moral fiction belonging to the long American tradition that includes The Scarlet Letter and To Kill a Mockingbird."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aGass, William H.,$d1924-2017$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aExperimental fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103431
830 0 $aUnderstanding contemporary American literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84722061
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