Beschreibung:
Olster analyzes in detail historical narrative configurations in the works of Norman Mailer, Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Robert Coover and E. L. Doctorow.
Preface; Introduction; 1. A disruption of sensibility; 2. The transition to post-Modernism: Norman Mailer and a new frontier in fiction; 3. Thomas Pynchon: an interface of history and science; 4. John Barth: Clio as kin to Calliope; Conclusion: 'subjective historicism'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.