The reaction against realism in contemporary American fiction: a study of the work of John Hawkes, John Barth and Thomas Pynchon

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The reaction against realism in contemporary American fiction: a study of the work of John Hawkes, John Barth and Thomas Pynchon

This thesis explores the reaction against realism in the work of three contemporary American novelists, John Barth, John Hawkes and Thomas Pynchon, with a view both to elucidating their individual literary styles and concerns, and to suggesting why these writers no longer consider realism a valid fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mackenzie, Ursula A.
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	1978
Subjects:	Literature mass media performing arts
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11123/

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