An edition of William Gaddis, "the last of something" (2009)

William Gaddis, "the last of something"

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William Gaddis, "the last of something"
Crystal Alberts
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An edition of William Gaddis, "the last of something" (2009)

William Gaddis, "the last of something"

critical essays

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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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McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
Language
English

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Subjects

Criticism and interpretation, Literature and society, History, Gaddis, william, 1922-1998, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century

People

William Gaddis (1922-1998)

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United States

Times

20th century
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Cover of: William Gaddis, "the last of something"
William Gaddis, "the last of something": critical essays
2010, McFarland & Co.
in English
Cover of: William Gaddis, "the last of something"
William Gaddis, "the last of something": critical essays
2010, McFarland & Co.
in English
Cover of: William Gaddis, "the last of something"
William Gaddis, "the last of something": critical essays
2009, McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
in English

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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
Agape 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 J R / 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jefferson, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3557.A28 Z95 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23688343M
ISBN 13
9780786443093
LCCN
2009034520
Library Thing
9748014
Goodreads
6952267

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