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- catalog abstract "The author of four truly important novels - The Recognitions in 1955, J R in 1975, Carpenter's Gothic in 1985, and A Frolic of His Own in 1995 - William Gaddis is considered by many literary scholars to be one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth century, to be spoken of in the same breath as James Joyce, Robert Musil, and Thomas Pynchon. Hints & Guesses: William Gaddis's Fiction of Longing is the first scholarly work to discuss all four Gaddis novels. While not dismissing the inclination of many scholars to view Gaddis's fiction as postmodern, Christopher Knight moves critical response in another direction, toward a discussion of Gaddis's significance as a satirist and social critic. Knight investigates Gaddis's predominant thematic interests, including those of contemporary aesthetics, Flemish painting, forgery, corporate America, Third World politics, and the U.S. legal system. What Knight finds is an author not only acutely sensitive to post-war social realities but also one whose critique carries with it an implied utopian dimension.".
- catalog contributor b10281465.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. The Recognitions and Wyatt Gwyon's Role as Artist/Forger/Artist. Wyatt's Rejection of Mid-Century Abstraction. Flemish Painting as an Alternative Aesthetic. Forgery, the Substitution of the False for the Real -- Ch. 2. J R and the Question of That Which Is Worth Doing. Exchange Value as the Societal Ethic. Disorder as Symbolic of a Cultural Vacancy. The Schoolroom, Children and Lost Sheep. Amy Joubert, Edward Bast and the Need for a Larger Trust. That Which Is Worth Doing, or Responding to Ought. Art as a Form of Perfectionist Thinking -- Ch. 3. Carpenter's Gothic's Bare Ruined Choirs. Things Fall Apart. Conspiracies, or Forcing Things Together. The Complement of Inside and Outside, of Truth and Fiction.".
- catalog description "Hints & Guesses: William Gaddis's Fiction of Longing is the first scholarly work to discuss all four Gaddis novels. While not dismissing the inclination of many scholars to view Gaddis's fiction as postmodern, Christopher Knight moves critical response in another direction, toward a discussion of Gaddis's significance as a satirist and social critic. Knight investigates Gaddis's predominant thematic interests, including those of contemporary aesthetics, Flemish painting, forgery, corporate America, Third World politics, and the U.S. legal system. What Knight finds is an author not only acutely sensitive to post-war social realities but also one whose critique carries with it an implied utopian dimension.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-293) and index.".
- catalog description "The author of four truly important novels - The Recognitions in 1955, J R in 1975, Carpenter's Gothic in 1985, and A Frolic of His Own in 1995 - William Gaddis is considered by many literary scholars to be one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth century, to be spoken of in the same breath as James Joyce, Robert Musil, and Thomas Pynchon.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 302 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Hints and guesses.".
- catalog identifier "0299153002 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0299153045 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Hints and guesses.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press,".
- catalog relation "Hints and guesses.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Gaddis, William, 1922-1998 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS3557.A28 Z75 1997".
- catalog subject "Satire, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Social problems in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Recognitions and Wyatt Gwyon's Role as Artist/Forger/Artist. Wyatt's Rejection of Mid-Century Abstraction. Flemish Painting as an Alternative Aesthetic. Forgery, the Substitution of the False for the Real -- Ch. 2. J R and the Question of That Which Is Worth Doing. Exchange Value as the Societal Ethic. Disorder as Symbolic of a Cultural Vacancy. The Schoolroom, Children and Lost Sheep. Amy Joubert, Edward Bast and the Need for a Larger Trust. That Which Is Worth Doing, or Responding to Ought. Art as a Form of Perfectionist Thinking -- Ch. 3. Carpenter's Gothic's Bare Ruined Choirs. Things Fall Apart. Conspiracies, or Forcing Things Together. The Complement of Inside and Outside, of Truth and Fiction.".
- catalog title "Hints and guesses : William Gaddis's fiction of longing / Christopher J. Knight.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".