Postmodernism and the contemporary novel : a reader / edited by Bran Nicol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nicol, Bran, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism (Literature).

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English fiction.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 495 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2002]

Summary:

This is the first book to collect the most important contributions to the theory of the postmodern novel over the last forty years and to guide readers in dealing with a wide range of complex questions and debates: Which novels and authors belong to the category? What are their characteristics? Do they even deserve to be a discreet category? From which traditions do they emerge? How do they relate to previous forms of the novel and to other aspects of postmodern culture? While discussion of the contemporary novel has been dominated by the question of postmodernism, developments in contemporary fiction are also central to the wider debate about postmodernism. Fiction is referred to frequently in the work of postmodernist thinkers not explicitly concerned with literature, such as Baudrillard, Lyotard, and Haraway. This book will enable readers to place the theory of postmodern fiction in a broader intellectual and cultural context.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0748614788

0748614796

OCLC:

50101081