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Guy Davenport, an American writer of fiction, poetry, criticism, and essays, a translator, painter, intellectual, and teacher, brought a breadth and depth of knowledge to his pursuits that few other writers could approach, let alone appraise. This critical study of Davenport elucidates the depths of his fiction and its poetic precedents.

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Introduction: For Davenport; 1. The Invention of the Archaic; 2. The Prose Ideogram; 3. ""By Pan"": Eclogues; 4. To Write Paradise; 5. Everything Could Be Otherwise; 6. ""This too Can Be Shown"": Sexuality; 7. Postmodern to Metamodern; Bibliography; Index.

Guy Davenport Postmodernism and After AvantGarde

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810123854, 978-0810123854
      ISBN10: 0810123851

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      Book Synopsis
      Guy Davenport, an American writer of fiction, poetry, criticism, and essays, a translator, painter, intellectual, and teacher, brought a breadth and depth of knowledge to his pursuits that few other writers could approach, let alone appraise. This critical study of Davenport elucidates the depths of his fiction and its poetic precedents.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: For Davenport; 1. The Invention of the Archaic; 2. The Prose Ideogram; 3. ""By Pan"": Eclogues; 4. To Write Paradise; 5. Everything Could Be Otherwise; 6. ""This too Can Be Shown"": Sexuality; 7. Postmodern to Metamodern; Bibliography; Index.

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