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Author Vest, Jason P., 1972-

Title The postmodern humanism of Philip K. Dick / Jason P. Vest.

Imprint Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 D55Dv 2009    ---  Available
Description xix, 227 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
Contents Introduction. The world Dick made: science fiction, humanism, and postmodern literature -- The metamorphosis of science fiction: Kafka, Dick, and postmodern humanism -- Parallel minds, alternate worlds: Borges, Dick, and the politics of oppression -- Divine textualities: Calvino, Dick, and authoring creation -- Time, love, and narcosis: the importance of now wait for last year -- Conclusion. The postmodern humanist: Philip K. Dick in the twenty-first century.
Subject Dick, Philip K. -- Criticism and interpretation.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Humanism in literature.
ISBN 9780810862128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0810862123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780810866973 (ebook)
0810866978 (ebook)

 
    
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