William Gaddis, "The Last of Something"

Critical Essays
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7864-4309-3
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

For many years the novelist William Gaddis, despite having won two National Book Critics Circle Awards and a MacArthur Foundation's 'genius award', suffered from commercial and critical neglect. However, Gaddis has more recently experienced a resurgence in his popularity among both groups and is now considered one of the strongest American novelists. This collection of essays explores the interrelation between Gaddis' writing and the culture that helped to engender it. The essays cover such topics as technique, genre, religion, art, economics, colonialism and the role played by Gaddis' own travels through Europe and North Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alberts, Crystal

Leise, Christopher

Vanwesenbeeck, Birger

Über Autor(innen)

Crystal Alberts is an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota. She serves as the technical editor for the NEH-funded Elizabeth Barrett Browning Project and is a research associate for the Electronic Literature Organization. Christopher Leise is an assistant professor of English at Whitman College. Birger Vanwesenbeeck is an English professor at SUNY Fredonia in Fredonia, New York.