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Succeeding postmodernism : language and humanism in contemporary American literature / Mary K. Holland.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.Description: 222 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1628925345
  • 9781628925340
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.609 23
Contents:
Introduction: Writing Postmodern Humanism -- 1. "Dead Souls Babbling": Language, Loss, and Community in The Names and White Noise -- 2. "The Art's Heart;s Purpose": Braving the Narcissistic Loop of Infinite Jest -- 3. Recuperating the Postmodern Family: Mediating Loss in Music for Torching and House of Leaves -- 4. Joining Gravity: Making Language Matter in The Road, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and The Book of Portraiture -- 5. "Set ... down softly beside you": Poststructural Realism in "Octet" and Everything Is Illuminated -- Conclusion: Metamodernism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Writing Postmodern Humanism -- 1. "Dead Souls Babbling": Language, Loss, and Community in The Names and White Noise -- 2. "The Art's Heart;s Purpose": Braving the Narcissistic Loop of Infinite Jest -- 3. Recuperating the Postmodern Family: Mediating Loss in Music for Torching and House of Leaves -- 4. Joining Gravity: Making Language Matter in The Road, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and The Book of Portraiture -- 5. "Set ... down softly beside you": Poststructural Realism in "Octet" and Everything Is Illuminated -- Conclusion: Metamodernism.