عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
PS3557.A845 Z67 2002
PS3557
.
A845
Z67
2002
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1570034729
(Number (ISBN
9781570034725
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b759925
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Understanding William H. Gass /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
H.L. Hix.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Columbia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of South Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
189 pages ;
Dimensions
19 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Understanding contemporary American literature
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Understanding William H. Gass -- Four characters in Omensetter's luck -- Five stories: In the heart of the heart of the country -- One theme in Three essays -- Two shades of blue: Willie Masters Lonesome Wife and On being blue -- Twenty questions On the tunnel -- Four movements: Cartesian sonata.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Hix offers readings of Gass's works, from the early books, Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, to his later The Tunnel and Cartesian Sonata. Hix identifies the continuous presence of psychological, metaphysical, and ethical themes, including the lingering effect on adults of childhood hurts, the results of being "trapped" in language, and the consequences of hatred. While agreeing with critics who label Gass's novels and stories metafiction, he contends that to stop the exploration there would be to miss a complete appreciation of the novelist. Hix demonstrates instead how Gass's writings both break and follow tradition - as metafiction belonging to the company of works by John Barth but also as moral fiction belonging to the long American tradition that includes The Scarlet Letter and To Kill a Mockingbird."--Jacket.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gass, William H.,1924-2017-- Criticism and interpretation.
Gass, William H., (William Howard),1924-Criticism and interpretation.
Gass, William H.,1924-Critique et interprétation.
Gass, William H.
Gass, William H.,1924-2017
Gass, William H.,1924-2017-- Criticism and interpretation.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Experimental fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Roman expérimental américain-- Histoire et critique.
Experimental fiction, American-- History and criticism.
Experimental fiction, American.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
813/
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54
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PS3557
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A845
Book number
Z67
2002
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
HU
3695
System Code
rvk
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Hix, H. L.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204194326.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
