| Title | : | Postmodern Sublime |
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| ISBN | : | 0801483832 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780801483837 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 |
| Publication | : | First published June 1, 1995 |
Focusing on works by Norman Mailer, Thomas Pynchon, Joseph McElroy, and Don DeLillo, Joseph Tabbi finds that a simultaneous attraction to and repulsion from technology has produced a powerful new mode of modern writing--the technological sublime.
Postmodern Sublime Reviews
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Joseph`s PhD where he wanted to put Mailer and Pynchon together and - voilà - he`ve done it (also, he mentioned DeLillo and McElroy here). And 40-something pages on Joseph McElroy`s Plus and W&M is the most interesting part in the book. Also, Tabbi puts down some interesting thoughts on cyberpunk (actually he just comments A Cyberg Manifesto by Donna J. Haraway). The main concept - Lyotard idea of Sublime - is pretty interesting point in the book too, some mix of esthetical and technological aspects.
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Essays on living authors. The essay "Delillo At Mid-Career" is quite interesting in that it shows how much Delillo has grown in stature since this book's publication in 1995.
