Paul Auster's Postmodernity (Studies in Major Literary by Brendan Martin
By Brendan Martin
This booklet focuses upon the literary and autobiographical writings of yankee novelist Paul Auster, investigating his literary postmodernity in terms of an entire diversity of his writings. Martin addresses Auster’s evocation of various postmodern notions, reminiscent of the duplicitous paintings of self-invention, the position of likelihood and contingency, authorial authenticity and responsibility, city dislocation, and the predominance of duality.
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