The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss
The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss
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The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss by Michael Langford
Investigating the distinct poetics of Richard Powers' writing, this volume demonstrates that the author's complex body of fictional work warrants much more focused and systematic critical attention than it has received so far. The essays explore how Powers' work oscillates between the poles of realism and metafictional postmodernism, creating narratives in which the conventions of realism are both deployed and undermined, in which characters are simultaneously presented as motivated agents and as textual constructs. By conceptualizing Powers' novels as texts in which order is both a central and a consciously fictional idea, the essays collected in this volume discuss how Powers' densely structured fictions indicate the potential of a concrete relation between life and literature that manifests itself in an inherently narrative vision of human consciousness.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780979726781 |
| ISBN 10 | 0979726786 |
| Title | The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss |
| Author | Michael Langford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Freedom Religion Press |
| Year published | 2008-07-04 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |