The Resource Literature after postmodernism : reconstructive fantasies, Irmtraud Huber
Literature after postmodernism : reconstructive fantasies, Irmtraud Huber
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- Summary
- "Postmodernism, deconstruction and subversion have been the buzzwords of the last few decades. But not any longer. Ever since the end of the millennium an increasingly perceptible desire to turn towards other concerns can be noted. Only, what comes after postmodernism? Where are we going now? Irmtraud Huber suggests some answers to these questions, focusing on novels by Michael Chabon, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Safran Foer and David Mitchell and highlighting the ways in which they go beyond postmodernism and turn from deconstruction to reconstruction. Approaching the question from an unusual direction by exploring the novelists' particular use of the fantastic mode, this book offers both further insights into the present aesthetic shift and a new perspective on the literary fantastic"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 291 pages
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction: Epitaph on a Ghost, or the Impossible End of Postmodernism
- PART I: TRACING SHIFTS
- 1. Post-post, Beyond and Back: Literature in the Wake of Postmodernism
- 2. Pragmatic Fantasies: From Subversion to Reconstruction
- PART II: RECONSTRUCTIVE READINGS
- 3. Leaving the Postmodernist Labyrinth: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
- 4. The Quest for Narrative Reconstruction: Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated
- 5. Escaping Towards History: Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
- 6. Dreaming of Reconstruction: David Mitchell's number9dream
- Conclusion: The Coming of Age of Reconstruction
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781137429902
- Label
- Literature after postmodernism : reconstructive fantasies
- Title
- Literature after postmodernism
- Title remainder
- reconstructive fantasies
- Statement of responsibility
- Irmtraud Huber
- Subject
-
- Chabon, Michael
- Danielewski, Mark Z. -- Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
- English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Experimental fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Experimental fiction, English -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
- Mitchell, David, (David Stephen)
- Post-postmodernism (Literature)
- Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Postmodernism, deconstruction and subversion have been the buzzwords of the last few decades. But not any longer. Ever since the end of the millennium an increasingly perceptible desire to turn towards other concerns can be noted. Only, what comes after postmodernism? Where are we going now? Irmtraud Huber suggests some answers to these questions, focusing on novels by Michael Chabon, Mark Z. Danielewski, Jonathan Safran Foer and David Mitchell and highlighting the ways in which they go beyond postmodernism and turn from deconstruction to reconstruction. Approaching the question from an unusual direction by exploring the novelists' particular use of the fantastic mode, this book offers both further insights into the present aesthetic shift and a new perspective on the literary fantastic"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1983-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Huber, Irmtraud
- Dewey number
- 813/.087660906
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS374.E95
- LC item number
- H83 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Danielewski, Mark Z.
- Chabon, Michael
- Foer, Jonathan Safran
- Mitchell, David
- Experimental fiction, American
- Experimental fiction, English
- Post-postmodernism (Literature)
- American fiction
- American fiction
- English fiction
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
- Label
- Literature after postmodernism : reconstructive fantasies, Irmtraud Huber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Epitaph on a Ghost, or the Impossible End of Postmodernism -- PART I: TRACING SHIFTS -- 1. Post-post, Beyond and Back: Literature in the Wake of Postmodernism -- 2. Pragmatic Fantasies: From Subversion to Reconstruction -- PART II: RECONSTRUCTIVE READINGS -- 3. Leaving the Postmodernist Labyrinth: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves -- 4. The Quest for Narrative Reconstruction: Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated -- 5. Escaping Towards History: Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay -- 6. Dreaming of Reconstruction: David Mitchell's number9dream -- Conclusion: The Coming of Age of Reconstruction -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- 873725391
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137429902
- Lccn
- 2014019973
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)873725391
- Label
- Literature after postmodernism : reconstructive fantasies, Irmtraud Huber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Epitaph on a Ghost, or the Impossible End of Postmodernism -- PART I: TRACING SHIFTS -- 1. Post-post, Beyond and Back: Literature in the Wake of Postmodernism -- 2. Pragmatic Fantasies: From Subversion to Reconstruction -- PART II: RECONSTRUCTIVE READINGS -- 3. Leaving the Postmodernist Labyrinth: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves -- 4. The Quest for Narrative Reconstruction: Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated -- 5. Escaping Towards History: Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay -- 6. Dreaming of Reconstruction: David Mitchell's number9dream -- Conclusion: The Coming of Age of Reconstruction -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
- Control code
- 873725391
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137429902
- Lccn
- 2014019973
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)873725391
Subject
- Chabon, Michael
- Danielewski, Mark Z. -- Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
- English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Experimental fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Experimental fiction, English -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
- Mitchell, David, (David Stephen)
- Post-postmodernism (Literature)
- Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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