introduction chapter i towards tmodern yful narrative 1.1 the evolution of theories of y 1.2 robert coover as a tmodernist game-master chapter ii history revisited:the public burning 2.1 unrelenting parody on history:the rosenberg case reevaluated 2.2 roaring carnival laughter in the times square chapter iii ying at religion:the origin of the brunists 3.1 justin miller as a self-conscious "homo luden" 3.2 robert coover as a game-maker 3.3 robert coovers metafictional impulse chapter iv the games within the text:the universal baseball association,inc.,j.henry waugh,prop 4.1 analogy between henrys y-world and fiction-making 4.2 henrys game:"agon" and "alea",mimicry and ilinx blended 4.3 henrys game-world constructed 4.4 y corrupted:henrys integration with the uba 4.5 an open-ended game chapter v ying at fictional codes:geralds party 5.1 textual games within anti-detective story 5.2 a game of cailloiss vertigo conclusion references acknowledgements