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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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGuire, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University Of Iowa Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.