William Gaddis : Expanded Edition - Steven Moore

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William Gaddis

Expanded Edition

By: Steven Moore

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Paperback | 23 April 2015 | Edition Number 1

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248 Pages

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Enlarged

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21.59 x 14.61 x 1.91

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In 1989, Steven Moore published the first scholarly study of William Gaddis's novels and since then it has been generally regarded as the best book on this difficult but major writer's work. For this revised and expanded new edition, Moore has written new chapters on the novels that Gaddis published after 1989, the National Book Award-winning A Frolic of His Own and the posthumously published novella Agape Agape, and has updated the introductory and concluding chapters.
Given Gaddis's reputation for difficulty, this introduction offers a clear discussion of all five of his novels. It provides essential biographical information on him, followed by two chapters each on his first two, most significant novels (The Recognitions and J R), with a chapter each devoted to his later three novels. A concluding chapter locates his place in American literature and notes his influence on younger writers. Each chapter focuses on the main themes of each novel and discusses the literary techniques Gaddis deployed to dramatize those themes. Since Gaddis is an erudite, allusive novelist, Moore clarifies his references and explain how they enhance his themes.

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In 1982, Steven Moore invented Gaddis Studies when he published his comprehensive Reader's Guide toThe Recognitions. Thirty years, and three books later, he's returned to his landmark 1989 monograph on Gaddis's work, bringing it up-to-date with new chapters on Gaddis's late work. This is the definitive study of both how Gaddis's novels work and why they matter. In each authoritative chapter Moore maps their large intellectual investments and intricate architecture, in lucid and well-informed readings that underline the fact that Moore has a deeper insight into this important body of fiction than anyone else.
Stephen J. Burn, Reader in American Literature, University of Glasgow, UK

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