This book examines the complex and varied ways in which fictions relate to the real world, and offers a precise account of how imaginative works of literature can use fictional content to explore matters of universal human interest.
The Voyage in: fictions of female development
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"Modernism and postmodernism will in this text be viewed in terms of continuity and discontinuity. The experimental tendencies in postmodern art are interpreted aganst the backdrop of the overall cultural and social context, which creates both the intellectual climate and the ma…
This systemic study discusses in its historical, cultural and aesthetic context the postmodern American novel between the years of 1960 and 1980. A general overview of the various definitions of postmodernism in philosophy, cultural theory and aesthetics provides the framework f…
Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet and other adventure novels, tells about his lifelong love of sailing, boats he has owned, and the storms, sharks, and peaceful lagoons he has experienced on his voyages.