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Author Gass, William H., 1924-2017.

Title Fiction and the figures of life / William H. Gass.

Publication Info. New York : Knopf, 1970.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN3353 .G36 1970    Available  ---
Edition [1st ed.]
Description xiii, 288 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Philosophy and the form of fiction -- The medium of fiction -- The concept of character in fiction -- In terms of the toenail: fiction and the figures of life -- Gertrude stein: her escape from protective language -- The leading edge of the trash phenomenon -- Pricksongs & Descants -- Morror, mirror -- Imaginary borges and his books -- The bingo game at the foot of the cross -- The shut-in -- A spirit in search of itself -- In the cage -- The high brutality of good intentions -- The stylization of desire -- Cock-a-doodle-doo -- From some ashes no bird rises -- The case of the obliging stranger -- Russell's memoirs -- A memory of a master -- The evil demiurge -- The imagination of an insurrection -- Even if, by all the Oxen in the world -- The srtist and society
Form Also issued online.
Subject Fiction -- History and criticism.
Fiction.
Fictie.
ISBN 0394469666
9780394469669