FromMoby-DicktoTheUnnamable,fromATaleofaTubtoTheBookofQuestions,BruceKawinexploresthenatureofself-consciousfictionandcomparesitsstructuretothatofhumanconsciousness.Focusingontextsthatconfronttheirownlimitsbytryingtonametheunnamable,theineffableself,Kawindrawsonmethodsfromliterarycriticismtosystemstheorytoexplainavarietyoffirst-personworksthat“dancearoundtheungraspablesubject.“
