This Is Not a Tragedy - The Works of David Markson

Informationen zum Autor Francoise Palleau-Papin teaches American Literature at the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle). She has published articles on Stephen Wright, William Vollmann, and others. Francoise Palleau-Papin teaches American Literature at the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle). She has published articles on Stephen Wright, William Vollmann, and others. Zusammenfassung The very first book-length study to focus on this seminal American author, "This Is Not a Tragedy" reviews David Markson's entire body of work, ranging from his early tongue-in-cheek Western and crime novels to contemporary classics such as "Wittgenstein's Mistress" and "Reader's Block." Having begun in parody, Markson's writing soon began to fragment, its pieces adding up to a peculiar sort of self-portrait--doubtful and unsteady--and in the process achieving nothing less than a redefinition of the novel form. Written on the verge of silence, David Markson's fiction represents an intimate, unsettling, and unique voice in the cacophony of modern letters, and "This Is Not a Tragedy" charts Markson's attempts to find, in art and language, the solace denied us by life.

Product details

• Authors: Francoise Palleau, Francoise Palleau-Papin
• Assisted by: Francoise Palleau-Papin (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2011
• EAN: 9781564786074
• ISBN: 978-1-56478-607-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Scholarly Series; Scholarly Series; Dalkey Archive Scholarly
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies