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"Whereas previous critical works on Barthelme have taken a chronological approach to his canon or limited their scope in order to present a specific thesis, Stengel develops a typology that deals directly with roughly half of Barthelme's over one hundred short stories, and theoretically encompasses almost all of them. He identifies four themes--identity, dialogue, society, and physical objects or art--and four processes through which Barthelme develops...
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Following a biographical sketch of Barthelme and a chapter on his individual technique, Gordon proceeds chronologically in analyzing the themes, language and form of each of Barthelme's books. Although she is concerned with clarifying the linearity in Barthelme's work, Gordon also addresses such matters as point of view, meaning and method, Barthelme's highly individual use of language and his sense of humor.
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"Molesworth studies Barthelme's progression, and regression, as ironist, humorist, and serious writer through all six original collections of short fiction: Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964); Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968); City Life (1970); Sadness (1972); Amateurs (1976); and Great Days (1979). He also touches on two novels, Snow White and The Dead Father, and the "nonfiction" collection, Guilty Pleasures. Molesworth's study is an appropriate...
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"Chronicling a literary life that ended not so long ago, Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound gives the reader a glimpse at the years when Barthelme began to find his literary voice. A revealing look at Donald Barthelme's influences and development, this account begins with a detailed biographical sketch of his life and spans his growth into a true avant-garde literary figure." "Scholars of avant-garde American literature will gain insider...
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"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...
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McCaffery argues that these writers belong to an international avant-garde tradition -- metafiction -- which examine fictional systems, how they are created and the way in which reality is transformed by and filtered through narrative assumptions. Tracing the development of these insights in modern thought, he shows how they led to antirealistic experiments in European and Latin American fiction and finally to the flowering of metafiction on American...
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Black Metafiction examines the tradition of self-consciousness in African American literature. It points to the short-comings of theories of metafiction founded on studies of Anglo-American literature. While some literary critics situate metafiction within the domain of postmodernism, others regard it to be as old as storytelling itself. Scholars of African American literature acknowledge it to be a distinguishing feature. Critics such as Henry Louis...
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Challenging the conventional wisdom that the 1930s were dominated by literary and photographic realism, Sensational Modernism uncovers a rich vein of experimental work by politically progressive artists. Examining images by photographers such as Weegee and Aaron Siskind and fiction by writers such as William Carlos Williams, Richard Wright, Tillie Olsen, and Pietro di Donato, Joseph Entin argues that these artists drew attention to the country's most...
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