{"product_id":"textcountertext-hans-h-rudnick-9780820428710","title":"Text\/Countertext: Postmodern Paranoia in Samuel Beckett, Doris Lessing, and Philip Roth","description":"\u003ci\u003eText\/Countertext: Postmodern Paranoia in Samuel Beckett, Doris Lessing, and Philip Roth\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the psychological and structural dynamic of three postmodern novels: Samuel Beckett's \u003ci\u003eMalone Dies\u003c\/i\u003e. Doris Lessing's \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, and Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003eThe Counterlife\u003c\/i\u003e. Storytelling becomes here the dangerous activity of a guilty outsider who has come to expect hostile disapproval from all quarters. The result is a sadomasochistic confrontation between these postmodern writers and their imagined audiences: the pleasure of storytelling is linked to the pain the authors inflict upon their readers in retaliation for their anticipated disapproval. The structural consequence is  serial negation  - the constant agonistic oscillation between text and countertext, reflecting the authors' determined efforts to sidestep criticism and maintain artistic control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans H. Rudnick,Marie A. Danziger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082042871X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820428710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Hans H. Rudnick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49082576011519,"sku":"9780820428710","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/textcountertext-hans-h-rudnick-9780820428710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}