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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... second person of Gravity's Rainbow 95 Misreading Gravity's Rainbow 105 M etareading 1 12 5 Zapping, the art of switching channels: on Vineland 115 Mediated lines 115 Representing TV 125 Mediated deaths 133 Part 3 Reading postmodernists ...
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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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