{"product_id":"designs-of-darkness-in-contemporary-american-fiction-9780812230512","title":"Designs of Darkness in Contemporary American Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arthur M. Saltzman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDesigns of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, Arthur M. Saltzman examines some of the ways in which fiction has traditionally conspired to promote a goal-oriented vision of the work of art--and explores the ways in which postmodern (or postrealist) fiction consistently and unavoidably subverts the clarity of this vision. Offering readings of works by well-known authors, including Barthelme, Doctorow, DeLillo, and Hakes, as well as works by lesser-known writers (Auster, Gangemi), Saltzman concentrates on the breakdown of epiphany in recent fiction, both as philosophical motive and as structural foundation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn contemporary fiction, Saltzman contends, ambiguities blossom far beyond our capacities to stabilize, summarize, or restore them to sense. The old rules of the game--in which a reader looking for truth can expect come sort of satisfactory resolution--no longer apply. Literature now comes out of the answerless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigns of Darkness in Contemporary American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable new resource for scholars and students of contemporary literature.","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47615175917719,"sku":"9780812230512","price":8223.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780812230512.webp?v=1775098565","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/designs-of-darkness-in-contemporary-american-fiction-9780812230512","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}