This mad "instead" governing metaphors in contemporary American fiction

Introduction : the tongue's ties -- Beholding Paul West and The women of Whitechapel -- The figure in the static : Don Delillo's White noise -- In the Millhauser archives -- Post hoc harmonies : Paul Auster's Leviathan -- The nightmare of relation : William Gass's The tunnel -- T...

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1. Verfasser: Saltzman, Arthur M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Columbia, Great Britain University of South Carolina 2000
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : the tongue's ties -- Beholding Paul West and The women of Whitechapel -- The figure in the static : Don Delillo's White noise -- In the Millhauser archives -- Post hoc harmonies : Paul Auster's Leviathan -- The nightmare of relation : William Gass's The tunnel -- The trope in the machine : Richard Powers's Galatea 2.2 -- Kathy Acker's guerrilla mnemonics -- Down the rabbit whole : John Updike's Rabbit novels -- Conclusion : On the ethical behavior of metaphor.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIV, 232 S.
ISBN:1570033269
1-57003-326-9