Bret Easton Ellis : American psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park / edited by Naomi Mandel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mandel, Naomi, 1969-

Series:

Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ellis, Bret Easton--Criticism and interpretation.

Ellis, Bret Easton.

Ellis, Bret Easton. American psycho.

Ellis, Bret Easton. Glamorama.

Ellis, Bret Easton. Lunar Park.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 178 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]

Summary:

Annotation Collection of new critical essays on Bret Easton Ellis, focusing on his later novels: American Psycho (1991), Glamorama (1999), and Lunar Park (2005).

Contents:

Introduction: The value and values of Bret Easton Ellis / Naomi Mandel

Violence, ethics, and the rhetoric of decorum in American psycho / Michael P. Clark

American psycho, Hamlet, and existenial psychosis / Alex E. Blazer

"The soul of this man in his clothes": violence and fashion in American Psycho / Elana Gomel

The unusual suspects: celebrity, conspiracy, and objective violence in Glamorama / David Schmid

"It's really me": intermediality and constructed identities in Glamorama / Sonia Baelo-Allue

"Merely political": glam terrorism and celebrity politics in Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama / Arthur Redding

"An awfuly good impression": truth and testimony in Lunar Park / Jeff Karnicky

What's in a name? Double exposures in Lunar Park / Henrik Skov Nielsen

Brand Ellis: celebrity authorship in Lunar Park / James Annesley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-169) and index.

ISBN:

9780826446480

0826446485

9780826435620

0826435629

OCLC:

693122680