The Body of Writing: An Erotics of Contemporary American Fiction

by Flore Chevaillier

The Body of Writing: An Erotics of Contemporary American Fiction examines four postmodern texts whose authors play with the material conventions of "the book" Joseph McElroy's Plus (1977), Carole Maso's AVA (1993), Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's DICTEE (1982), and Steve Tomasula's VAS (2003). By demonstrating how each of these works calls for an affirmative engagement with literature, Flore Chevaillier explores a centrally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814256228
• ISBN13: 9780814256220
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"