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The Metafictional Muse: The Works of Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, and William H. Gass

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Larry McCaffery
2010
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
summary
McCaffery interprets the works of three major writers of radically experimental fiction: Robert Coover; Donald Barthelme; and Willam H. Gass. The term "metafiction" here refers to a strain in American writing where the self-concious approach to the art of fiction-making is a commentary on the nature of meaning itself.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Front Matter

pp. iii-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Preface

pp. ix-xiv

1. Fiction Making and the Metafictional Muse

pp. 3-24

2. Robert Coover and the Magic of Fiction Making

pp. 25-98

3. Donald Barthelme: The Aesthetics of Trash

pp. 99-150

4. William H. Gass: The World Within the Word

pp. 151-250

5. The Contemporary Meta-Sensibility: A Personal Conclusion

pp. 251-268

Notes

pp. 269-280

Selected Bibliography

pp. 281-294

Index

pp. 295-300
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