This mad "instead" : governing metaphors in contemporary American fiction / Arthur Saltzman.

Author/creator Saltzman, Arthur M., 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of South Carolina, ©2000.
Descriptionxiv, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : the tongue's ties -- Beholding Paul West and the women of Whitechapel -- The figure in the static : Don Delillo's White noise -- In the Millhauser archives -- Post hoc harmonies : Paul Auster's Leviathan -- The nightmare of relation : William Gass's The tunnel -- The trope in the machine : Richard Powers's Galatea 2.2 -- Kathy Acker's Guerrilla mnemonics -- Down the rabbit whole : John Updike's Rabbit novels -- Conclusion : on the ethical behavior of metaphor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.
LCCN 99006195
ISBN1570033269 (cloth : perm. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS379 .S25 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold