Attending Daedalus : Gene Wolfe, artifice and the reader / Peter Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Peter (Peter Ronald)

Series:

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolfe, Gene--Criticism and interpretation.

Wolfe, Gene.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xv, 237 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003.

Contents:

Part I Initiations

1. 'Silhouette': An Introduction to Gene Wolfe 3

2. 'Trip, Trap': Psychology and Thematic Coherence 23

3. 'In the House of Gingerbread': Interpretative Games and the Psychology of Reader Response 37

4. 'The God and His Man': Critical Responses to The Urth Cycle 49

Part II Investigations: The Urth Cycle

5. 'The Toy Theatre': Uncovering the Story of The Urth Cycle 69

6. 'The Last Thrilling Wonder Story'? Intergeneric Operations 86

7. 'How the Whip Came Back': Directing Reader Response 104

8. 'Cues': The Function of Unfamiliar Diction 126

9. 'There Are Doors': Memory and Textual Structure 145

10. 'A Solar Labyrinth': Metafictional Devices and Textual Complexity 166

11. 'The Map': The Multi-volume Novels and Metafictional Cartography 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-232) and index.

ISBN:

0853238189

0853238286

OCLC:

52057685