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Richard Ford and the Ends of Realism /
"An original exploration of the work of writer Richard Ford in the context of its place within contemporary debates about the possible role, meaning of, and value of literary realism in a postmodern age"--
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University Of Iowa Press,
[2015]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction. "This Balancing of Urgent Forces": Richard Ford's Pragmatic Realism; One. The Lie of Literature and the Work of Mourning: The Sportswriter and Rock Springs; Two. Independence Day and the Limits of Pragmatism; Three. "Spoiled People": Narcissism and the Decentered Self in Women with Men; Four. "What Was That Thing She Was?": Realism, Postmodernism, and the Fragmented Body in A Multitude of Sins; Five. "Everything Good Is on the Highway": Permanence and Transition in The Lay of the Land; Conclusion. Canada and the Hazards of Normality; Notes.