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BL
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1005555
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b759925
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| Main Entry
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Hix, H. L.
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| Title & Author
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Understanding William H. Gass /\ H.L. Hix.
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of South Carolina Press,, ©2002.
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| Series Statement
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Understanding contemporary American literature
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| Page. NO
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189 pages ;; 19 cm.
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| ISBN
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1570034729
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: 9781570034725
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.
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| Contents
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Understanding William H. Gass -- Four characters in Omensetter's luck -- Five stories: In the heart of the heart of the country -- One theme in Three essays -- Two shades of blue: Willie Masters Lonesome Wife and On being blue -- Twenty questions On the tunnel -- Four movements: Cartesian sonata.
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"Hix offers readings of Gass's works, from the early books, Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, to his later The Tunnel and Cartesian Sonata. Hix identifies the continuous presence of psychological, metaphysical, and ethical themes, including the lingering effect on adults of childhood hurts, the results of being "trapped" in language, and the consequences of hatred. While agreeing with critics who label Gass's novels and stories metafiction, he contends that to stop the exploration there would be to miss a complete appreciation of the novelist. Hix demonstrates instead how Gass's writings both break and follow tradition - as metafiction belonging to the company of works by John Barth but also as moral fiction belonging to the long American tradition that includes The Scarlet Letter and To Kill a Mockingbird."--Jacket.
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Gass, William H.,1924-2017-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Gass, William H., (William Howard),1924-Criticism and interpretation.
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Gass, William H.,1924-Critique et interprétation.
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Gass, William H.
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Gass, William H.,1924-2017
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Gass, William H.,1924-2017-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Experimental fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Roman expérimental américain-- Histoire et critique.
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Experimental fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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Experimental fiction, American.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3557.A845Z67 2002
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HU 3695rvk
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