LEADER 04189nam 22007451c 450 001 9910452061403321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4241-X 010 $a1-280-57933-1 010 $a9786613609106 010 $a1-4411-3439-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472542410 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101325 035 $a(EBL)918750 035 $a(OCoLC)793996898 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000634803 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11380724 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000634803 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10643397 035 $a(PQKB)11447456 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC918750 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL918750 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562634 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360910 035 $a(OCoLC)944224707 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255833 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101325 100 $a20140929d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEthics and desire in the wake of postmodernism $econtemporary satire $fGraham Matthews 210 1$aNew York $cContinuum $d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 0 $aContinuum literary studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-2637-6 311 $a1-4411-4007-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aYou do an awfully good impression of yourself: fear and uncertainty in Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park -- Nihilism and the sublime in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club -- Revolution and the multitude in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People -- Evil is to morality as magnolia is to paint: ethics and aesthetics in Will Self's Dorian: an imitation -- Sex tourism and the politics of enjoyment in Michel Houellebecq's Platform -- Feminism, satire and critique in the work of Tama Janowitz 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. "You Do an Awfully Good -- Impression of Yourself" - Fear and Uncertainty in Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park -- 2. Nihilism and the Sublime in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club -- 3. Violence and -- the Multitude in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People -- 4. "Evil is to Morality as -- Magnolia is to Paint" Ethics and Aesthetics in Will Self's Dorian: An Imitation -- 5. Sex Tourism and the Politics of Enjoyment in Michel Houellebecq's Platform -- 6. Feminism, Satire and Critique in the Work of Tama Janowitz -- Bibliography -- Index 330 8 $aWhat is the significance of writing in the wake of postmodernism? The previous decade has seen a growing interest in criticism of postmodern ethics and aesthetics from theorists and writers. This book begins to answer what art form or critical methodology might take its place.  Exploring the work of six contemporary novelists - Bret Easton Ellis, J.G. Ballard, Will Self, Michel Houellebecq, Tama Janowitz and Chuck Palahniuk - Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism delivers a series of interventions into six key areas of contemporary debate: fear, nihilism, revolution, ethics, enjoyment and feminism. The book goes on to develop an innovative critical methodology which reinvigorates the ability of art and literature to engage in ideological critique. Rather than valorising separatism, plurality or indeterminacy, this approach delivers a critical framework which enacts a radical de-centering of the fundamental coordinates of contemporary society. 410 0$aContinuum literary studies. 606 $aFiction$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $2Literary studies: from c 1900 - 606 $aSatire 606 $aEthics in literature 606 $aDesire in literature 606 $aPostmodernism (Literature) 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aSatire. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 615 0$aDesire in literature. 615 0$aPostmodernism (Literature) 676 $a809.3/9357 700 $aMatthews$b Graham$0863142 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452061403321 996 $aEthics and desire in the wake of postmodernism$91926859 997 $aUNINA