Beyond the Red Notebook: Essays on Paul Auster (Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812215567 ISBN 13: 9780812215564

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995

Synopsis

The novels of Paul Auster—finely wrought, self-reflexive, filled with doublings, coincidences, and mysteries—have captured the imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of contemporary literature. In Beyond the Red Notebook, the first book devoted to the works of Auster, Dennis Barone has assembled an international group of scholars who present twelve essays that provide a rich and insightful examination of Auster's writings.
The authors explore connections between Auster's poetry and fiction, the philosophical underpinnings of his writing, its relation to detective fiction, and its unique embodiment of the postmodern sublime. Their essays provide the fullest analysis available of Auster's themes of solitude, chance, and paternity found in works such as The Invention of Solitude, City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room, In the Country of Last Things, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, and Leviathan.
This volume includes contributions from Pascal Bruckner, Marc Chenetier, Norman Finkelstein, Derek Rubin, Madeleine Sorapure, Stephen Bernstein, Tim Woods, Steven Weisenburger, Arthur Saltzman, Eric Wirth, and Motoyuki Shibata. The extensive bibliography, prepared by William Drenttel, will greatly benefit both scholars and general readers.

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About the Author

Dennis Barone is Professor of English and American Studies at Saint Joseph College.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812215567
• ISBN 13: 9780812215564
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Barone Dennis