Other I: The Fictions of Clark Blaise

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This is the first full-length study of the short stories and novels by Clark Blaise. It follows his development as a deeply self-conscious writer who becomes involved in the dualities of the world around himdualities that are reflected in the structure of his fiction and in the narrative strategies he employs to convey an image of himself. Lecker frames his discussion with an opening chapter that provides a detailed discussion of Blaise's aesthetic stance. Subsequent chapters focus on Blaise's first two short-story collections and on readings of Blaise's two novels. The study includes an original chronology by Clark Blaise, which provides a creative rendering of the important dates and turning points in his life and literary career.

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"Lecker tackles Blaise's unattractiveness head on, giving us ways of valuing them, beginning gently to reconcile us to the necessity and the larger importance of what seems at first glance only an unremitting egoism in Blaise's prose, showing us what fine art results." --"Matrix"

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Robert Lecker teaches English at McGill University.