Metafiction : the theory and practice of self-conscious fiction / / Patricia Waugh

• Autore: Waugh Patricia
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Methuen, , 1984
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 801/.953
• Soggetto topico: Fiction; Experimental fiction - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Metafiction 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 argues
• Titolo autorizzato: Metafiction
• ISBN: 1-134-97072-2; 1-134-97073-0; 1-280-23244-7; 9786610232444; 0-203-13140-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449661103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New accents.