The Resource Counterfeit culture : truth and authenticity in the American prose epic since 1960, Rob Turner, University of Exeter
Counterfeit culture : truth and authenticity in the American prose epic since 1960, Rob Turner, University of Exeter
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- Summary
- "Counterfeit Culture explores the possibility of writing epic in an age of alternative facts. Examining six attempts to forge an American prose epic since 1960, this study goes on to trace a national tradition of inauthenticity, stretching back across four centuries. In works by authors such as Pynchon, Gaddis and Burroughs, the contemporary turn away from truth and authenticity can be seen as a return to an established line of literary tricksters and confidence men, with tropes of fraud and artifice running deep in the American grain. Combining archival work with historically-inflected analysis of literary narrative, this book ranges through questions of identity, technology, history, and music in its engagement. From Marguerite Young's inquiry into psychological disintegration to William T. Vollmann's ongoing cycle of false histories, the study introduces a new reading of the American epic"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 221 pages
- Note
- Series numbering corrected to 181 per publisher
- Contents
-
- Introduction: America and the 'Way to the devil'
- Marguerite Young's flood of consciousness
- William Gaddis and the 'novel-writing-machine' of Andy Warhol
- 'Paper reality': William S. Burroughs and the cut-up method
- 'Bad history': Thomas Pynchon and the apocryphal epic
- 'History shambles on': William T. Vollmann and the Seven dreams cycle
- Conclusion: 'Every story has two tails'
- Isbn
- 9781108428484
- Label
- Counterfeit culture : truth and authenticity in the American prose epic since 1960
- Title
- Counterfeit culture
- Title remainder
- truth and authenticity in the American prose epic since 1960
- Statement of responsibility
- Rob Turner, University of Exeter
- Subject
-
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Epic literature, American
- Epic literature, American -- History and criticism
- Epic literature, American -- History and criticism
- History
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- 1900-1999
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Counterfeit Culture explores the possibility of writing epic in an age of alternative facts. Examining six attempts to forge an American prose epic since 1960, this study goes on to trace a national tradition of inauthenticity, stretching back across four centuries. In works by authors such as Pynchon, Gaddis and Burroughs, the contemporary turn away from truth and authenticity can be seen as a return to an established line of literary tricksters and confidence men, with tropes of fraud and artifice running deep in the American grain. Combining archival work with historically-inflected analysis of literary narrative, this book ranges through questions of identity, technology, history, and music in its engagement. From Marguerite Young's inquiry into psychological disintegration to William T. Vollmann's ongoing cycle of false histories, the study introduces a new reading of the American epic"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1985-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Turner, Rob
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS169.E63
- LC item number
- T87 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
- Series volume
- 182
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Epic literature, American
- American fiction
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Literature and society
- American fiction
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Epic literature, American
- Literature and society
- United States
- Label
- Counterfeit culture : truth and authenticity in the American prose epic since 1960, Rob Turner, University of Exeter
- Note
- Series numbering corrected to 181 per publisher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: America and the 'Way to the devil'
- Marguerite Young's flood of consciousness
- William Gaddis and the 'novel-writing-machine' of Andy Warhol
- 'Paper reality': William S. Burroughs and the cut-up method
- 'Bad history': Thomas Pynchon and the apocryphal epic
- 'History shambles on': William T. Vollmann and the Seven dreams cycle
- Conclusion: 'Every story has two tails'
- Control code
- 1079411189
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108428484
- Lccn
- 2018051984
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1079411189
- Label
- Counterfeit culture : truth and authenticity in the American prose epic since 1960, Rob Turner, University of Exeter
- Note
- Series numbering corrected to 181 per publisher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: America and the 'Way to the devil'
- Marguerite Young's flood of consciousness
- William Gaddis and the 'novel-writing-machine' of Andy Warhol
- 'Paper reality': William S. Burroughs and the cut-up method
- 'Bad history': Thomas Pynchon and the apocryphal epic
- 'History shambles on': William T. Vollmann and the Seven dreams cycle
- Conclusion: 'Every story has two tails'
- Control code
- 1079411189
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108428484
- Lccn
- 2018051984
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1079411189
Subject
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Epic literature, American
- Epic literature, American -- History and criticism
- Epic literature, American -- History and criticism
- History
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- 1900-1999
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;, 181
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture, 181
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