LEADER 04313nam 22007095 450 001 9910255242703321 005 20200703222805.0 010 $a1-137-48656-2 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137486561 035 $a(CKB)3710000000636043 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001648374 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16417675 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001648374 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14829044 035 $a(PQKB)10233418 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-48656-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4720270 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000636043 100 $a20160322d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWill Self and Contemporary British Society /$fby G. Matthews 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (VII, 196 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-69536-X 311 $a1-137-48655-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The magus of the Quotidian -- This great torrent of verbiage: Will Self and satire -- The unfailing regularity of Dr Busner: Will Self and the psychiatrists -- These artisans of the body: Will Self and the doctors -- Fucking and fighting: Will Self and gender -- A psyche available for product placement: Will Self and consumption -- Dissolving the mechanised matrix: Will Self and psychogeography. 330 $aWill Self and Contemporary British Society is a detailed and timely study of one of the most popular and controversial literary authors of our time and his engagement with a series of diverse yet interlinked themes. Self is renowned for juxtaposing the fantastic with the quotidian in creative and surprising ways, which has earned him plaudits as one of the most singular and insightful voices in Britain today. In this critical study Self emerges as one of those rare writers whose innovative narrative modes and experimental techniques have resulted in fresh perspectives on some of the most challenging and controversial issues in contemporary British society. Graham J. Matthews reveals Self to be a serious thinker whose novels, short stories, and journalism treat issues that are essential for understanding contemporary Britain: psychiatry and medical discourse; gender and sexuality; urbanism and the illusions of consumer society; satire and the role of literature in society. Will Self and Contemporary British Society captures the continuity as well as the evolution of Self's style to demonstrate that his incisive analyses of the present make him one of the indispensable voices of our time. 606 $aLiterature, Modern?20th century 606 $aLiterature?Philosophy 606 $aCulture?Study and teaching 606 $aJournalism 606 $aBritish literature 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/822000 606 $aLiterary Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/812000 606 $aCultural Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411130 606 $aJournalism$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X28010 606 $aRegional and Cultural Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411000 606 $aBritish and Irish Literature$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/833000 615 0$aLiterature, Modern?20th century. 615 0$aLiterature?Philosophy. 615 0$aCulture?Study and teaching. 615 0$aJournalism. 615 0$aBritish literature. 615 14$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 615 24$aLiterary Theory. 615 24$aCultural Theory. 615 24$aJournalism. 615 24$aRegional and Cultural Studies. 615 24$aBritish and Irish Literature. 676 $a823/.914 700 $aMatthews$b G$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01059495 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255242703321 996 $aWill Self and Contemporary British Society$92506176 997 $aUNINA