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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Metafiction Information
1,312 words, approx. 4 pages
 Metafiction is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. It is the literary term describing fictional writing that self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in posing questions about... 
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 World Literature Today Metafiction. (book reviews)
09/22/1996: 577 words, approx. 2 pages In his essay "Philosophy and the Form of Fiction" William Gass, professor of philosophy, critic, and composer of fiction, introduced "metafiction" as a critical term to describe many of the preoccupations displayed in novels that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. Gass lurks... summary from source:
CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction summary from source:
 The New York Observer Prizewinning Short Stories From a Japanese Master
10/15/2006: 961 words, approx. 3 pagesGentle and enchanted, the 24 stories of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s latest collection, are frequently brief, unassuming and understated—but never flat or vacant. Mr. Murakami presents new variations on familiar preoccupations: brooding mid-20’s or -30’s male narrators, adulterous lovers, and a... summary from source:
The New York Observer Prizewinning Short Stories From a Japanese Master
10/15/2006: 961 words, approx. 3 pagesGentle and enchanted, the 24 stories of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s latest collection, are frequently brief, unassuming and understated—but never flat or vacant. Mr. Murakami presents new variations on familiar preoccupations: brooding mid-20’s or -30’s male narrators, adulterous lovers, and a...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Stefano Tani
13,480 words, approx. 45 pages
In the following essay, Tani provides an overview of the metafictional anti-detective novel and reviews the major works of the sub-genre.
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Critical Essay by Inger Christensen
11,304 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Christensen provides a thematic and stylistic analysis of John Barth's metafictional novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy.
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