Constructing PostmodernismBrian McHale provides a series of readings of a wide range of postmodernist fiction, from Eco's Foucault's Pendulum to the works of cyberpunk science-fiction, relating the works to aspects of postmodern popular culture. |
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... Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Lewis Shiner, Rudy Rucker and others. Although mainly focused on “high” or “elite” cultural products — “art” novels - Construct' ing Postmodernism relates these products to such phenomena of postmodern popular ...
... Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Lewis Shiner, Rudy Rucker and others. Although mainly focused on “high” or “elite” cultural products — “art” novels - Construct' ing Postmodernism relates these products to such phenomena of postmodern popular ...
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... Gibson. Copyright © 1984 by William Gibson. Reprinted by permission of the Berkley Publishing Group. Pages 240, 241-2. From Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker. Copyright @ 1988 by Kathy Acker. Reprinted by permission of Grove ...
... Gibson. Copyright © 1984 by William Gibson. Reprinted by permission of the Berkley Publishing Group. Pages 240, 241-2. From Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker. Copyright @ 1988 by Kathy Acker. Reprinted by permission of Grove ...
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Contents
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Misreading Pynchon | 59 |
Reading postmodernists | 142 |
At the interface | 223 |
Notes | 268 |
References | 308 |
Index | 325 |
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