Understanding Richard Powers

by Joseph Dewey

Book Overview

A television-era novelist concerned with humanistic themes; Understanding Richard Powers presents an introduction to one of the most important and admired writers to emerge in the post-Pynchon era of American literature. Joseph Dewey guides readers through Powers's dazzling combination of lexical virtuosity and structural daring - typical of the post-modernists - and the novelist's concern with the profound and humane dilemmas surrounding love and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570034427
• ISBN13: 9781570034428
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.2"