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The Powers of the False : Reading, Writing, Thinking beyond Truth and Fiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wiese, Doro (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Powers, Richard, > 1957- Foer, Jonathan Safran, > 1977- Flanagan, Richard, > 1961- Foer, Jonathan Safran, > 1977- > Everything is illuminated. Flanagan, Richard, > 1961- > Gould's book of fish. Powers, Richard, > 1957-. > Time of our singing. Foer, Jonathan Safran, > 1977- > Criticism and interpretation. Flanagan, Richard, > 1961- > Criticism and interpretation. Powers, Richard, > 1957- > Criticism and interpretation. American Literature. Languages & Literatures. English. Truthfulness and falsehood in literature. History in literature. English fiction. American fiction. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Roman americain > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique. Roman anglais > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique. Histoire dans la litterature. Mensonge dans la litterature. American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
The truth of narration and the powers of the false
Accepting complicated legacies by being once removed from the world : Everything is illuminated (Foer 2002)
"He looked for truth in facts and not in stories" : crimes of historiography and forces of fabulation in Richard Flanagan's Gould's book of fish
Doing time, undoing race: Richard Powers' The time of our singing
Conclusion.