Attending Daedalus : Gene Wolfe, artifice and the reader /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2003.
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Series: | Liverpool science fiction texts and studies
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=117406 |
Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; A Note on Editions; Abbreviations; Part I: Initiations; 1. 'Silhouette': An Introduction to Gene Wolfe; 2. 'Trip, Trap': Psychology and Thematic Coherence; 3. 'In the House of Gingerbread': Interpretative Games and the Psychology of Reader Response; 4. 'The God and His Man': Critical Responses to The Urth Cycle; Part II: Investigations: The Urth Cycle; 5. 'The Toy Theatre': Uncovering the Story of The Urth Cycle; 6. 'The Last Thrilling Wonder Story'? Intergeneric Operations; 7. 'How the Whip Came Back': Directing Reader Response.
- 8. 'Cues': The Function of Unfamiliar Diction9. 'There Are Doors': Memory and Textual Structure; 10. 'A Solar Labyrinth': Metafictional Devices and Textual Complexity; Part III: Conclusions; 11. 'The Map': The Multi-volume Novels and Metafictional Cartography; Notes; Bibliography; Index.