02854oam 2200649I 450 991078305530332120230213211236.01-134-97072-21-134-97073-01-280-23244-797866102324440-203-13140-110.4324/9780203131404(CKB)1000000000005156(EBL)165759(OCoLC)614527633(SSID)ssj0000201605(PQKBManifestationID)11171575(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201605(PQKBWorkID)10233306(PQKB)10712633(MiAaPQ)EBC165759(Au-PeEL)EBL165759(CaPaEBR)ebr5001577(CaONFJC)MIL23244(OCoLC)62140925(EXLCZ)99100000000000515620180331d1984 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMetafiction the theory and practice of self-conscious fiction /Patricia WaughLondon ;New York :Methuen,1984.1 online resource (187 p.)New accentsDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-12647-0 0-415-03006-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; General editors preface; Acknowledgements; 1 What is metafiction and why are they saying such awful things about it?; 2 Literary self-consciousness: developments; 3 Literary evolution: the place of parody; 4 Are novelists liars? The ontological status of literary-fictional discourse; 5 Fictionality and context: from role-playing to language games; Notes; Bibliography; Further reading; IndexMetafiction begins by surveying the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the complex political, social and economic factors which influence critical judgment of fiction. The author shows how, as the novel has been eclipsed by the mass media, novelists have sought to retain and regain a wide readership by drawing on the themes and preoccupations of these forms. Making use of contemporary fiction by such writers as Fowles, Borges, Spark, Barthelme, Brautigan, Vonnegut and Barth, and drawing on Russian Formalist theories of literary evolution, the book arguesNew accents.FictionExperimental fictionHistory and criticismFiction.Experimental fictionHistory and criticism.801/.953Waugh Patricia.221093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783055303321Metafiction149097UNINA