Reading the shape-shifting text : the context and impact of the diverse strategies of the McSweeney's periodical, with particular attention to its status as a new approach to literature, as represented both by commentators and its creators

This thesis interrogates the cultural impact and literary significance of the McSweeney’s periodical. It argues for a particular approach to the study of the periodical form that focuses on the unusual textuality that results from a serially produced text; one of its objectives is to understand the...

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Main Author: O'Neill, Kevin
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2013
Subjects:
800
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601746