| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) |
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Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures |
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures
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| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Legacies; 2: Austerities; 3: Realities; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The World that is the Book offers an in-depth analysis of Paul Auster?s fiction. It explores the rich literary and cultural sources that Auster taps into in order to create compelling stories that investigate the nature of language, the workings of chance, and the individual?s complex relations with the world at large. Whereas most Auster criticism has concentrated on readings of individual novels, this book emphasizes the continuity in Auster?s writing by discussing throughout the philosophical underpinnings that lead the author to question the boundaries separating the fictional from the fac |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-178) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Auster, Paul, 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Auster, Paul, 1947- fast |
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American fiction.
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American fiction
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American Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846314469 |
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1846314461 |
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9781781386873 |
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1781386870 |
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