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Reading Games: An Aesthetics of Play in Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett & Georges Perec (Dalkey Archive Scholarly)
Current price:
$34.95
Publication Date: August 1st, 2007
Publisher:
Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN:
9781564784735
Pages:
238
Description
In "Reading Games," Kimberly Bohman-Kalaja guides us through an entertaining and instructive exploration of a neglected genre of post-modernism, the Play-Text. Pioneered by authors such as Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, and Georges Perec, Bohman-Kalaja's book provides a fresh interpretive approach to understanding the Play-Text.
Providing insightful analysis of the game and play theories, and drawing from a wide range of ideas--from the thinking of the great philosophers to basic chess and poker strategies--Reading Games makes the world of experimental fiction accessible by unraveling, step-by-step, the innovative strategies of those authors who play reading games.
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