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Monstrous Possibility: An Invitation to Literary Politics (American Literature)

by Curtis White

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In Monstrous Possibility Curtis White provides a unique collection of essays written in styles ranging from the criti-fictional to the deeply theoretical. These essays are often funny, usually polemical, and always urgent. White creates in these essays a lucid perspective on what it means to be a writer and a human being in the so-called postmodern moment.<P>Intent on describing and accounting for the impact of theory and pomo on contemporary fiction writing, White contemplates the coincidence of the simultaneous arrival in the 1960s and '70s on American university campuses of writers, poets, continental literary theory and that monstrous creature "Postmodernism."<P>White's efforts lead him in surprising directions: revealing arguments about postmodernism's politics and ethics; telling critiques of the anti-humanist theories of Louis Althusser, Jean Baudrillard and post-Marxism; trenchant appeals for the continued relevance of Marcuse and Theodor Adorno; and a funny but finally dead-serious reinvocation of the idea of Beauty.

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ISBN:
9781564781901
Author:
White, Curtis
Publisher:
Dalkey Archive Press
Location:
Normal, Ill. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History & Criticism *
Subject:
Postmodernism (Literature)
Subject:
Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Fiction -- 20th century.
Subject:
Literary Criticism : General
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Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Dalkey Archive
Series:
American Literature (Dalkey Archive)
Publication Date:
19980631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
118
Dimensions:
8.50x5.78x.42 in. .38 lbs.

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