Cowart & how P avoids the postmodern problem with history (Fredric Jameson)

[alice wellintown]

speaking of misreadings, I must admit that I ca not follow Cowart here
on page 23 where he sets out to define or describe  how P devised a
genre that somehow fits into our postmodern realism. the allusion to
johnson and kicking a stone, as I read it, is Cowart;s own bit of
sophistry.   a rather critical point is muddled by the allusion.
anyone?