Contemporary literature and the end of the novel : creature, affect, form / Pieter Vermeulen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vermeulen, Pieter, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Literary form.

Affect (Psychology) in literature.

Realism in literature.

Life in literature.

Post-postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

x, 182 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"While rumors of the imminent death of the novel are everywhere, this book shows how some of our most significant twenty-first century writers mobilize the idea of the end of the novel to reimagine the ethics and politics of literature. Writers like J.M. Coetzee, Teju Cole, and Tom McCarthy disturb the emotional scenarios through which the novel form traditionally operates in order to figure unregimented forms of life and affect. Contemporary Literature and the End of the Novel combines intense discussions of key contemporary works and of theories of the novel with original interventions in current critical and theoretical debates--about affect, the anthropocene, biopolitics, cosmopolitanism, and about the forms and functions of fiction after 9/11 and after postmodernism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction: After-Affects 1.Persistent Affect (Tom McCarthy, David Shields, Lars Iyer) 2.Abandoned Creatures (J.M. Coetzee)3. Cosmopolitan Dissociation (Teju Cole) 4.Epic Failures (Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru, Russell Banks) Coda: The Descent of the Novel (James Meek) Notes Works Cited Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137414526

1137414529

OCLC:

894557505