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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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Published in:Contemporary Literature Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 29 - 61
Main Author: Dworkin, Craig Douglas
Format: Essay
Published: University of Wisconsin Press Spring2007
Subjects:
Essays
Modernism (Literature)
21st century literature
Pataphysics
Goldsmith, Kenneth, 1961-
Soliloquy (Book)
Farrell, Dan
Inkblot Record, The (Book)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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."