Beyond the Red Notebook - (Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction) by Dennis Barone (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The novels of Paul Auster--finely wrought, self-reflexive, filled with doublings, coincidences, and mysteries--have captured the imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of contemporary literature.
- About the Author: Dennis Barone is Professor of English and American Studies at Saint Joseph College.
- 224 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
- Series Name: Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
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About the Book
The novels of Paul Auster have captured the imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of contemporary literature. In Beyond the Red Notebook, the first book devoted to the works of Auster, an international group of scholars provide a rich and insightful examination of Auster's writings.
Book Synopsis
The novels of Paul Auster--finely wrought, self-reflexive, filled with doublings, coincidences, and mysteries--have captured the imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of contemporary literature. In Beyond the Red Notebook, the first book devoted to the works of Auster, Dennis Barone has assembled an international group of scholars who present twelve essays that provide a rich and insightful examination of Auster's writings.
The authors explore connections between Auster's poetry and fiction, the philosophical underpinnings of his writing, its relation to detective fiction, and its unique embodiment of the postmodern sublime. Their essays provide the fullest analysis available of Auster's themes of solitude, chance, and paternity found in works such as The Invention of Solitude, City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room, In the Country of Last Things, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, and Leviathan. This volume includes contributions from Pascal Bruckner, Marc Chenetier, Norman Finkelstein, Derek Rubin, Madeleine Sorapure, Stephen Bernstein, Tim Woods, Steven Weisenburger, Arthur Saltzman, Eric Wirth, and Motoyuki Shibata. The extensive bibliography, prepared by William Drenttel, will greatly benefit both scholars and general readers.Review Quotes
"This is the first book on Auster and is sure to be the foundation of most Auster criticism to follow."-- "Review of Contemporary Fiction"
About the Author
Dennis Barone is Professor of English and American Studies at Saint Joseph College.