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Hyperbolic realism : a wild reading of Pynchon's and Bolaño's late maximalist fiction /

A philosophically grounded exploration of the hyperbolic realism of Pynchon and Bolaño within the broader context of modern literature and post-war maximalist writing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sellami, Samir, 1987- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2024].
Subjects:
Realism in literature.
Hyperbole in literature.
Maximalism (Literature)
Bolaño, Roberto, > 1953-2003 > Criticism and interpretation.
Pynchon, Thomas > Criticism and interpretation.
Table of Contents:
  • Realism on an expanded canvas
  • Notes on hyperbole
  • Abundant discourses
  • Anthropophagic intertextuality
  • The visible and the invisible
  • Flat fictionality
  • Sed Tamen Effabor
  • Ekphrasis beyond imagination
  • Slow adventures
  • The labor of figuration
  • Epilogue : a fifth concept of reality.