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  William Gaddis, "The Last of Something": Critical Essays (Paperback) Edited by Crystal Alberts, Edited by Christopher Leise, Edited by Birger Vanwesenbeeck

  

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  Short Description for William Gaddis, "The Last of Something"For many years novelist William Gaddis, despite having won two National Book Critics Circle Awards and a MacArthur Foundation's "genius award," suffered from commercial and critical neglect. However, Gaddis has more recently experienced a resurgence in his popularity among both groups and is now considered one of the strongest American novelists. This collection of essays explores the interrelatio...
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  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Published: 15 October 2009
  • Format: Paperback 210 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: From C 1900 - | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
  • ISBN 13: 9780786443093 ISBN 10: 078644309X

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• For many years novelist William Gaddis, despite having won two National Book Critics Circle Awards and a MacArthur Foundation's "genius award," suffered from commercial and critical neglect. However, Gaddis has more recently experienced a resurgence in his popularity among both groups and is now considered one of the strongest American novelists. This collection of essays explores the interrelation between Gaddis's writing and the culture that helped to engender it. The essays cover such topics as technique, genre, religion, art, economics, colonialism and the role played by Gaddis's own travels through Europe and North Africa.