Robert Coover in 1996. “I’ve engaged with folk tales and fairy tales all my writing life, as part of my attempted disruption of the myths that environ and sometimes govern us,” he once said.

Robert Coover, the American writer, who has died aged 92, was for more than 50 years a purveyor of tricksy, unclassifiable novels and stories intended as a riposte to traditional fiction, which in ...

Robert Coover, who turned fairy tales, folk stories and other conventions of literature on their head in a career that made him one of the most noted writers in postmodern American letters, died ...

Robert Coover, innovative author and teacher, dies at 92 by: HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer. Posted: Oct 7, 2024 / 02:23 PM EDT. ... “Robert Coover writes from life, ...

The acclaimed American novelist Robert Coover, who recently passed away, once explained why he skipped out on reading perhaps more high-brow fiction in favor of “sci-fi, detective novels ...

Robert Coover, master of postmodern fiction, dies at 92. He turned fairy tales, folk stories and other conventions on their head, becoming a leading member of a movement that defined his literary era.

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Coover, the exuberant and rule-defying fiction writer and educator who devised new adventures for literature through such works as “The Babysitter” and “The… ...