List of postmodern novels explained
Some well known postmodern novels in chronological order:
Proto-postmodern and Early postmodern novels
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
External links
Notes and References
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- Attenuated Postmodernism: Pynchon's Vineland. 10.1080/00111619.1990.9933800. 1990. Cowart. David. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 32. 2. 67–76.
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