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Author:

Grausam, Daniel, 1975-

Title:

On endings : American postmodern fiction and the Cold War / Daniel Grausam.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 196 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.
Cold War--Influence.
Cold War in literature.
Barth, John,--1930---Criticism and interpretation.
Pynchon, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.
Powers, Richard,--1957---Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Institutionalizing postmodernism: John Barth and modern war -- The Crying of Lot 49, circa 1642; or, Pynchon, periodicity, and total war -- The time of the nation, the time of the state -- Unthinking the thinkability of the unthinkable -- Trying to understand end zone -- The dominant tense: Richard Powers and late postmodernism.

ISBN:

0813931665 (e-book)
9780813931661 (e-book)
0813931622 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780813931623 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0813931614 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780813931616 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)706803957

LCCN:

2011008422

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)