On Endings: American Postmodern Fiction and the Cold War

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On Endings ON ENDINGS American Postmodern Fiction and the Cold War daniel grausam University of Virginia Press charlottesville and london University of Virginia Press© 2011 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2011 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Grausam, Daniel, 1975– On endings : American postmodern fiction and the Cold War / Daniel Grausam.   p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-3161-6 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3162-3 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3166-1 (e-book) 1. American fiction—History and criticism—Theory, etc. 2. Postmodernism (Literature)—United States. 3. Cold War—Influence. 4. Cold War in literature. 5. Barth, John, 1930—Criticism and interpretation. 6. Pynchon, Thomas— Criticism and interpretation. 7. Powers, Richard, 1957—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. PS374.P64G7 2011 813'.5409—dc22                                2011008422 A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. ...