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.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Illustrationen
notes, references, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 215 mm
Breite: 135 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7453-1091-6 (9780745310916)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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.
