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The novels of Paul Auster. / Gareth Wyn Curtis

Swansea University Author: Gareth Wyn Curtis

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"This thesis offers a critical study of Auster's novels, explicating individual novels from Auster's canon and draws out the core theme that runs throughout his work, which is given a sharper focus in that specific text. Chapter 1, addresses The Invention of Solitude. Auster's mo...

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Published: 2001
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Master of Philosophy
Degree name: M.Phil
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