The Imaginary Solution.

This essay presents how twenty-first-century writers are being influenced by traits of modernism in their work. One trait is to offer a different take on the expected, a quality referred to as pataphysics by author Alfred Jarry. The book "Soliloquy," by Kenneth Goldsmith, features the transcription...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Literature Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 29 - 61
Autor principal: Dworkin, Craig Douglas
Formato: Essay
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Spring2007
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Sumario:This essay presents how twenty-first-century writers are being influenced by traits of modernism in their work. One trait is to offer a different take on the expected, a quality referred to as pataphysics by author Alfred Jarry. The book "Soliloquy," by Kenneth Goldsmith, features the transcription of everything the author said for one week. Author Dan Farrell collected responses to Rorschach tests for his book "The Inkblot Record."