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Fuzzy fiction / Jean-Louis Hippolyte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hippolyte, Jean-Louis, author.
- Series:
- Stages (Series) ; Volume 21.
- Stages ; Volume 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- French fiction.
- French fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Uncertainty in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offers an evaluation of the work of contemporary French authors through the lens of the fuzzy set theory of mathematics. Far from forsaking avant-gardism or pandering to the reactionary values of commercial publications, this work argues that fuzzy fiction exceeds and subverts traditional boundaries between the avant-garde and mainstream fiction.
- Contents:
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint: Reticent narratives
- Eric Chevillard: Building Babel
- Marie Redonnet: The mourning after
- Antoine Volodine: Inside wars
- Francois Bon: Grueling prognostications
- Vague becomings: Strategies of fuzziness in twenty-first-century fiction.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-304) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-73515-5
- 9786610735150
- 0-8032-0728-X
- OCLC:
- 476151657
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