William Gaddis

by Moore, Steven

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Title Statements

Full title :William Gaddis / by Steven Moore.

Summary

In 1989, Steven Moore published the first scholarly study of all three of William Gaddis's novels and since then it has been generally regarded as the best book on this difficult but major writer's work. This revised and expanded edition includes new chapters on the novels Gaddis published after 1989, the National Book Award-winning A Frolic of His Own and the posthumous novella Agape Agape, along with updated introductory and concluding chapters. This introduction offers a clear discussion of all five of Gaddis's novels, providing essential biographical information, two chapters each on his most significant novels, The Recognitions and J R, and a chapter each devoted to his later three novels. A concluding chapter locates his place in American literature and notes his influence on younger writers. Each chapter focuses on the main themes of each novel and discusses the literary techniques Gaddis deployed to dramatize those themes. Since Gaddis is an erudite, allusive novelist, Moore clarifies his references and explains how they enhance his themes. -- Amazon.com.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1989.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Twayne Publishers
Place of Publication:Boston
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1989.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 161 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:080577534X, 9780805775341
oclc:ocm18834497
LC Classification:PS3557.A28
Dewey Decimal:813/.54

A vision of order -- The Recognitions: myth, magic, and metaphor -- The Recognitions: the self who can do more -- J R: what America is all about -- J R: Empedocles on Valhalla -- Carpenter's Gothic; or, The Ambiguities -- In the American grain.