Abish, Walter
Dates
- Existence: 1931-12-24-
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
List 22: Fiction (mostly) / White, Brent L. ; Abish W ; Ashbery J ; Beckett S ; Breton A ; Bukowski C ; Burroughs WS ; Nuttall J ; Gysin B ; Davenport G ; Gass W ; Fuller B ; Johnson BS ; Joyce J ; levy da ; Lewis WP ; Oppenheimer J ; Peret B ; Pound E ; Pynchon T., 2001
Postmodernist Fiction / McHale, Brian ; Abbott E ; Abish W ; Barth J ; Barthelme D ; Barthes R ; Beckett S ; Burroughs WS ; Butor M ; Davenport G ; Federman R ; Gass W ; Higgins D ; Hofstadter D ; Joyce J ; Mallarme S ; Mathews H ; Patchen K ; Perloff M ; Stein G ; Sukenick R ; Katz S ; Pynchon T ; Brooke-Rose C., 1989
The author "constructs the repertory of motifs and devices, and the system of relations and differences, shared by a particular class of texts" in postmodern fiction. This is an excellent reference source for examples of postmodernist fiction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Supreme Indecision of the Writer: The 1994 Lectures in Turkey / Federman, Raymond ; Abish W ; Gins M ; Gass W ; Sukenick R ; Burroughs WS ; Beckett S., 1995
The titles of these lectures include "The last Stand of Literature," The Real Begins When the Spectacle Ends," "Federman on Federman: Lie Or Die," and "the Supreme Indecision of Postmodernism." The clarity of the essays and the analysis of how Federman sees himself in relation to the political and cultural world reinforces his importance and influence in 20th century literature and thought. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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