This is not a thesis: a thesis on David Markson

This thesis (which is not a thesis) is a consideration of David Markson's book-length works, with the exception of his Collected Poems. While making some reference to his first book, which appeared in 1959, the study centers on Markson's 2001 publication, This Is Not a Novel, and continues though his 2004 release, Vanishing Point. Generic issues and the high/low literature distinction are considered and complicated here. Also of interest is Markson's artistic lineage, which he claims from innovative visual artists. Something that is perhaps unusual about this project is that it ponders, in some detail, the periphery surrounding the textsgenre labels, marketing, typology, design, etc. Because of its unconventional subject matter, the thesis is necessarily self-conscious and, at times, playful.