Copyright © 1988 by the University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stonehill, Brian. The self-conscious novel: artifice in fiction from Joyce to Pynchon/ Brian Stonehill. p. cm. -- (Penn studies in contemporary American fiction) Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8122-8098-9 (cloth) ISBN 0-8122-1304. (paperback) 1. American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 2. Self- consciousness in literature. 3. Illusion in literature. 4. Fiction -- Technique. 5. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 6. Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation. 7. Pynchon, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PS369.S7681988 87-30784 813'.54.' 09 -- dc19 CIP -iv- |