20th Century American Literature - Post WWII - Literary Criticism, Postmodernism - Literary Movements, Literary Criticism - U.S. Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Adding to studies on Barthelemes' experimental fiction which consists of four novels and some 100 short stories, Hudgens (philosophy and literature, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology) explains why he views the regular contributor to the New Yorker until 1989 as more of a latter-day modernist than postmodernist. He discusses "On Angels" (from 60 Stories, 1993) as a meditation on the loss of a center and search for a "new principle" in contemporary consciousness; parallels between "Paradise" and Joyce's Finnegan's Wake; Snow White (1967), his first novel, influenced by the visual arts; The Dead Father (1986), his best novel per the critics; and mellower later works. The bibliography includes picture- text collaborations and interviews. Hudgens has also published short fiction.Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
July 1, 2001
Publisher
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2001.
Pages
220
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780773474796