The first comprehensive study of the works of William Gass addresses the ex tensive correlation between the theoreti cal and fictional works and places Gass at the forefront of contemporary post-realism. Saltzman argues that contrary to charges of moral, artistic, or even politi cal turpitude, the innovative fiction of William Gass represents a conscientious effort to contend with indeterminacy through art. In the fiction of Gass and other contemporary writers, the world of the text is a distinct and competitive ad dition ...
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The first comprehensive study of the works of William Gass addresses the ex tensive correlation between the theoreti cal and fictional works and places Gass at the forefront of contemporary post-realism. Saltzman argues that contrary to charges of moral, artistic, or even politi cal turpitude, the innovative fiction of William Gass represents a conscientious effort to contend with indeterminacy through art. In the fiction of Gass and other contemporary writers, the world of the text is a distinct and competitive ad dition to reality, not a mere description of reality. Saltzman examines Gass's major fic tional works, Omensetter's Luck and Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife, the col lected stories of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, the extensive novel-in-progress The Tunnel, as well as the essay collections, Fiction and the Figures of Life and The World Within the Word.
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