Understanding William H. Gass
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Author
Publication
2002 - University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
47,250 words, Guess
Page Count
189 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveunderstandingwil00hixh
- ISBN-101570034729
- ISBN-139781570034725
- Goodreads156181
- LibraryThing8400139
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- Library of Congress Control Number2002001051
- OCLC Control Number49001987
- Better World Books9781570034725
- Open LibraryOL3551776M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3557.A845 Z67 2002
- LCCPS3557.A845Z67 2002
Description
"Hix offers readings of Gass's works, from the early books, Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, to his later The Tunnel and Cartesian Sonata. Hix identifies the continuous presence of psychological, metaphysical, and ethical themes, including the lingering effect on adults of childhood hurts, the results of being "trapped" in language, and the consequences of hatred. While agreeing with critics who label Gass's novels and stories metafiction, he contends that to stop the exploration there would be to miss a complete appreciation of the novelist. Hix demonstrates instead how Gass's writings both break and follow tradition - as metafiction belonging to the company of works by John Barth but also as moral fiction belonging to the long American tradition that includes The Scarlet Letter and To Kill a Mockingbird."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Understanding contemporary American literature
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