Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-224) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the tongue's ties -- Beholding Paul West and The women of Whitechapel -- The figure in the static : Don Delillo's White noise -- In the Millhauser archives -- Post hoc harmonies : Paul Auster's Leviathan -- The nightmare of relation : William Gass's The tunnel -- The trope in the machine : Richard Powers's Galatea 2.2 -- Kathy Acker's guerrilla mnemonics -- Down the rabbit whole : John Updike's Rabbit novels -- Conclusion : On the ethical behavior of metaphor.
