William H. Gass, Acclaimed Postmodern Author, Dies at 93

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William H. Gass, Acclaimed Postmodern Author, Dies at 93

Dec 08 2017

William H. Gass, a proudly postmodern author who valued form and language more than literary conventions like plot and character and who had a broad influence on other experimental writers of the 1960s, '70s and beyond, died on Wednesday in St. Louis. He was 93. Mr. Gass was widely credited with coining the term "metafiction" to describe writing in which the author is part of the story. He himself was one of the form’s foremost practitioners.

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