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Description: Carnival of Repetition: Gaddis's the Recognitions and Postmodern Theory by John Johnston Although published many decades ago, William Gaddiss The Recognitions is only now beginning to receive the critical attention it deserves. Carnival of Repetition, the first full-length study of the novel, is a sophisticated analysis that places it in a new literary and cultural context . FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Although published many decades ago, William Gaddiss The Recognitions is only now beginning to receive the critical attention it deserves. Carnival of Repetition, the first full-length study of the novel, is a sophisticated analysis that places it in a new literary and cultural context .This novel of the 1950 s is unlike anything else from that decade. It harks back to the works of high modernism (exemplified by Joyces Ulysses) and looks forward to postmodern fiction (especially as practiced by Barth, Pynchon, and DeLillo). Imitation is its major theme, one that Gaddis pursues on many levels, across several continents, into mazes of arcane knowledge and bogus scholarship, and even into the novels structure through the repetition of prior texts and the interplay between literal and disguised quotation. Through an endless play of repetition, Gaddis con-founds the readers recognition of similarity and difference.Johnston uses the theories of Bakhtin and Deleuze (and others, such as Julia Kristeva) to map out a context for this most unusual and difficult work. From Bakhtin, he appropriates the concepts of "carnivalesque" fiction and dialogism (or a plurality of independent voices, no one more important than another). From Deleuze, he borrows the idea of the simulacrum, a copy that presupposes no original and that becomes meaningful through a process of infinite repetition. With these instruments, Johnston analyzes the labyrinth of copy and counterfeit that Gaddis constructs in his novel. Author Biography John Johnston is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Emory University. Long Description Although published many decades ago, William Gaddiss The Recognitions is only now beginning to receive the critical attention it deserves. Carnival of Repetition , the first full-length study of the novel, is a sophisticated analysis that places it in a new literary and cultural context . This novel of the 1950 s is unlike anything else from that decade. It harks back to the works of high modernism (exemplified by Joyces Ulysses ) and looks forward to postmodern fiction (especially as practiced by Barth, Pynchon, and DeLillo). Imitation is its major theme, one that Gaddis pursues on many levels, across several continents, into mazes of arcane knowledge and bogus scholarship, and even into the novels structure through the repetition of prior texts and the interplay between literal and disguised quotation. Through an endless play of repetition, Gaddis con Promotional "Headline" Although published many decades ago, William Gaddiss The Recognitions is only now beginning to receive the critical attention it deserves. Carnival of Repetition , the first full-length study of the novel, is a sophisticated analysis that places it in a new literary and cultural context . Details ISBN0812281799 Author John Johnston Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Year 1990 ISBN-10 0812281799 ISBN-13 9780812281798 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1990-04 Pages 242 Series Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Subtitle Gaddiss "The Recognitions" and Postmodern Theory Place of Publication Pennsylvania Country of Publication United States DEWEY 813.54 Short Title Carnival of Repetition Language English Media Book Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 1990-03-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126661043;

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