| Description |
xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 243-252. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Problem of reality and the new rationale for romance -- pt. 1. Waste land as institution: Grail knight arrives: Ken Kesey, One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- Fisher king turns warden: Stanley Elkin, A bad man -- Grail knight goes to college: John Barth, Giles goat-boy -- Grail knight departs: Joseph Heller, Catch-22 -- pt. 2. Waste land as conspiracy: Illusion and the possibility of conspiracy: Thomas Pynchon, V. and The crying of Lot -- Conspiracy from without and within: John Hawkes, The lime twig; Stanley Elkin, Boswell -- pt. 3. From waste land to fable land: Out of the waste land and into the fire: cataclysm or the cosmic cool: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The sirens of Titan; Mother night; Cat's cradle; God bless you, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-five or The children's crusade -- Out of the waste land: Peter S. Beagle, The last unicorn. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Roman américain. |
| ISBN |
0300015437 |
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9780300015430 |
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