Title Number and nightmare, forms of fantasy in contemporary fiction / Jean E. Kennard

Published Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1975

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Description 244 pages ; 22 cm Contents Introduction The post-existential world: image and counter-image -- pt. 1. Number ch. 1. Joseph Heller: at war with absurdity -- ch. 2. John Barth: imitations of imitations -- ch. 3. James Purdy: fidelity to failure -- ch. 4. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: the sirens of satire -- pt. 2. Nightmare ch. 5. Anthony Burgess: double vision -- ch. 6. Iris Murdoch: the revelation of reality -- ch. 7. William Golding: islands Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [223]-239 Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Existentialism in literature. Fantasy in literature. Nightmares in literature. LC no. 74028448 ISBN 0208014861

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