This mad "instead" : governing metaphors in contemporary American fiction

This mad "instead" : governing metaphors in contemporary American fiction / Arthur Saltzman.

Author/creator	Saltzman, Arthur M. (Arthur Michael), 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbia : University of South Carolina, ©2000.
Description	xiv, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	American fiction--20th century --History and criticism. Metaphor.

Contents	Introduction : the tongue's ties -- Beholding Paul West and the women of Whitechapel -- The figure in the static : Don Delillo's White noise -- In the Millhauser archives -- Post hoc harmonies : Paul Auster's Leviathan -- The nightmare of relation : William Gass's The tunnel -- The trope in the machine : Richard Powers's Galatea 2.2 -- Kathy Acker's Guerrilla mnemonics -- Down the rabbit whole : John Updike's Rabbit novels -- Conclusion : on the ethical behavior of metaphor.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.
LCCN	99006195
ISBN	1570033269 (cloth : perm. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS379 .S25 2000	✔ Available	Place Hold