Patricia Waugh

Metafiction

The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Metafication focuses on the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the political, social and economic factors which have an effet on the critical judgement of fiction.

Produktdetails

• New Accents
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 126mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780415030069
• ISBN-10: 0415030064
• Artikelnr.: 21815719

Autorenporträt

Patricia Waugh

Inhaltsangabe

General editor's preface. Acknowledgements. 1. What is metafiction and why
are they saying such awful things about it? 2. Literary self-consciousness:
developments 3. Literary evolution: the place of parody 4. Are novelists
liars? The ontological status of literary-fictional discourse 5.
Fictionality and context: from role-playing to language games Notes.
Bibliography. Further reading.