Paul Auster's Spatial Imagination
94: Tampere University Press, 2006. Soft Cover. Text in English. 256 pp. Inscription on the title page. Couple stains on the front cover.
The dissertation examines spatiality and the significance of different physical spaces in the works of American writer Paul Auster. According to the main argument, in Auster s fiction textualisation of space is a central method of creating meaning. The literary text itself and the act of writing important concerns especially in the author s early works are also consistently represented through spatial metaphor. The evolving text finds an analogy in the figure of the closed room, the creative process in a random pedestrian itinerary; journeys of larger scope unfold towards mythic meanings. The chosen methods of representation illustrate that instead of mere background material for fiction, space can be textualised to fulfil several other aesthetic, cultural, and political functions. Near Fine. Item #3836
ISBN: 9789514466960
Price: $150.00