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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819599503321

Autore

Brown Mark <1967->

Titolo

Paul Auster [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-78170-094-X

1-84779-165-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Contemporary American & Canadian Writers

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719073960; 9780719073960; Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Rooms; 2 Streets; 3 Downtown; 4 Out of town; 5 No place; 6 The global metropolis; Afterword; Bibliography and filmography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Paul Auster provides the first extended analysis of Auster's essays, poetry, fiction, films and collaborative projects. It explores his key themes of identity; language and writing; metropolitan living and community; and storytelling and illusion. By tracing how Auster's representations of New York and city life have matured from a position of urban nihilism to qualified optimism, the book shows how the variety of forms he works in influences the treatment of his central concerns. The chapters are organised around gradually extending spaces to reflect the way in which Auster's work broadens it