LEADER 03214nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910810657203321 005 20230721025645.0 010 $a1-281-36279-4 010 $a9786611362799 010 $a0-230-60359-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230603592 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342429 035 $a(EBL)307696 035 $a(OCoLC)314793962 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001657610 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16442245 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001657610 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14985568 035 $a(PQKB)10966959 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292616 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228990 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292616 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269586 035 $a(PQKB)11469621 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60359-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307696 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10171507 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136279 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342429 100 $a20061206d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary fiction and the ethics of modern culture /$fJeffrey Karnicky 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York, N.Y. ;$aBasingstoke $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53765-9 311 $a1-4039-7760-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-181) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Assembling an Ethics of Reading; 1 Between Reading and Writing: Susan Daitch, David Markson, and "Bartleby""; 2 Fascinated Disgust in Richard Powers; 3 Kinds of Stasis in David Foster Wallace; 4 Silence Junkies: Irvine Welsh's Novel Subjectivities; Conclusion: The Demand of Bartleby; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aThis book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through reading novels by such writers as David Foster Wallace, Richard Powers, and Irvine Welsh, this book looks at how these works seek to transform the ways that readers live in the world. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEthics in literature 606 $aPopular culture in literature 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 615 0$aPopular culture in literature. 676 $a820.90092 676 $a823.91409355 700 $aKarnicky$b Jeffrey$01687517 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810657203321 996 $aContemporary fiction and the ethics of modern culture$94061060 997 $aUNINA