目录 Introduction Chapter I Towards Postmodern Playful Narrative 1.1 The Evolution of Theories of Play 1.2 Robert Coover as a Postmodernist Game-Master Chapter II History Revisited:The Public Burning 2.1 Unrelenting Parody on History:The Rosenberg Case Reevaluated 2.2 Roaring Carnival Laughter in the Times Square Chapter III Playing at Religion:The Origin of the Brunists 3.1 Justin Miller as a Self-Conscious "Homo Luden" 3.2 Robert Coover as a Game-Maker 3.3 Robert Coovers Metafictional Impulse Chapter IV The Games Within the Text:The Universal Baseball Association,Inc.,J.Henry Waugh,Prop 4.1 Analogy Between Henrys Play-World and Fiction-Making 4.2 Henrys Game:"Agon" and "Alea",Mimicry and Ilinx Blended 4.3 Henrys Game-World Constructed 4.4 Play Corrupted:Henrys Integration with the UBA 4.5 An Open-Ended Game Chapter V Playing at Fictional Codes:Geralds Party 5.1 Textual Games Within Anti-Detective Story 5.2 A Game of Cailloiss Vertigo Conclusion References Acknowledgements
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