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- catalog abstract ""Hix offers readings of Gass's works, from the early books, Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, to his later The Tunnel and Cartesian Sonata. Hix identifies the continuous presence of psychological, metaphysical, and ethical themes, including the lingering effect on adults of childhood hurts, the results of being "trapped" in language, and the consequences of hatred. While agreeing with critics who label Gass's novels and stories metafiction, he contends that to stop the exploration there would be to miss a complete appreciation of the novelist. Hix demonstrates instead how Gass's writings both break and follow tradition - as metafiction belonging to the company of works by John Barth but also as moral fiction belonging to the long American tradition that includes The Scarlet Letter and To Kill a Mockingbird."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12558865.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Hix offers readings of Gass's works, from the early books, Omensetter's Luck and In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, to his later The Tunnel and Cartesian Sonata. Hix identifies the continuous presence of psychological, metaphysical, and ethical themes, including the lingering effect on adults of childhood hurts, the results of being "trapped" in language, and the consequences of hatred. While agreeing with critics who label Gass's novels and stories metafiction, he contends that to stop the exploration there would be to miss a complete appreciation of the novelist. Hix demonstrates instead how Gass's writings both break and follow tradition - as metafiction belonging to the company of works by John Barth but also as moral fiction belonging to the long American tradition that includes The Scarlet Letter and To Kill a Mockingbird."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-181) and index.".
- catalog description "Understanding William H. Gass -- Four characters in Omensetter's luck -- Five stories: In the heart of the heart of the country -- One theme in Three essays -- Two shades of blue: Willie Masters Lonesome Wife and On being blue -- Twenty questions On the tunnel -- Four movements: Cartesian sonata.".
- catalog extent "189 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1570034729 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Understanding contemporary American literature".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,".
- catalog subject "813/.54 21".
- catalog subject "Experimental fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Gass, William H., 1924- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS3557.A845 Z67 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Understanding William H. Gass -- Four characters in Omensetter's luck -- Five stories: In the heart of the heart of the country -- One theme in Three essays -- Two shades of blue: Willie Masters Lonesome Wife and On being blue -- Twenty questions On the tunnel -- Four movements: Cartesian sonata.".
- catalog title "Understanding William H. Gass / H.L. Hix.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".