Blank Fiction : Culture, Consumption and Contemporary American Narrative

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Blank Fiction : Culture, Consumption and Contemporary American Narrative

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780745310916
  • DDC分類 813.5409

基本説明

First thoroughgoing critique of an important literary phenomenon.

Full Description

This study of the work of young American writers focuses on a group who appear to value superficiality over complexity, youth over experience,and "pulp" culture over the highbrow. Previously dismissed as nihilist Generation X no-hopers, Annesley attempts to position their work as an analysis of late 20th-century culture. Amongst the contemporary authors featured are Lynne Tillman, Dennis Cooper, Bret Easton Ellis, Douglas Coupland and Poppy Z. Brite.

Contents

Introduction - what is blank fiction?; Dazeland confused - blank fiction as anti-capitalist satire; negotiating the popular; freewheeling in the free market; violence, commodification and the body; decadence and disquiet - blank fiction and the coming fin de siecle; conclusion - modern narrative and materialism.