02655nam 22006373u 450 991081959950332120230721012922.01-78170-094-X1-84779-165-410.7765/9781847791658(CKB)2560000000085736(EBL)1069559(OCoLC)818847270(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086907(MiAaPQ)EBC1069559(DE-B1597)660050(DE-B1597)9781847791658(EXLCZ)99256000000008573620130418d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPaul Auster[electronic resource]Manchester Manchester University Press20071 online resource (225 p.)Contemporary American & Canadian WritersDescription based upon print version of record.1-84779-653-2 0-7190-7396-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexPaul 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 itContemporary American & Canadian WritersAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismNew York.Paul Auster.city life.community.identity.illusion.metropolitan living.optimism.storytelling.urban nihilism.American literatureHistory and criticism.813.54Brown Mark1967-1687772AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910819599503321Paul Auster4061507UNINA