The Gamefulness of American Postmodernism
John Barth and Louise Erdrich
This book examines the twin problems of play and game in American literary postmodernism. There have been many studies of the function of play in postmodernism, but very few have discussed the role of game without conflating play and game. This study claims that play is an important consideration in any discussion of the postmodern (as it is in any discussion of literature), but game is also useful because of its structuring influence. Game provides limits, boundaries, and borders to play, thereby both limiting and, paradoxically, enabling meaningful play. This study does not claim that literature is a game in the strong sense, it chooses ins…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8204-3894-8
- EAN: 9780820438948
- Produktnummer: 19039310
- Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Masse: H16.0 cm x B23.7 cm x D1.5 cm 382 g
- Gewicht: 382
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
The Author: Steven D. Scott is Assistant Professor of English at Brock University. He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Alberta in 1995. He has written articles on contemporary American literature and culture that have been published in a wide variety of professional journals and he has co-edited Intersections: Essays in the Sciences and Humanities.
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