Theories of play and postmodern fiction
Auteur :
Edwards, Brian
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN :
9780815328476
Date de publication :
1 déc. 1997
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
770 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Edwards (literary studies, Deakin U.) argues that play is endemic to culture and that it helps to explain the operations of literary texts as cultural productions. He analyzes the forms and styles of play in various postmodernist novels, and particularly in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow , John