LEADER 06212nam 22007811c 450 001 9910825155003321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4267-3 010 $a1-281-29537-X 010 $a9786611295370 010 $a1-4411-6213-5 010 $a1-84714-039-4 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472542670 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408839 035 $a(EBL)436099 035 $a(OCoLC)298788200 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169095 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138498 035 $a(PQKB)11091147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003450 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436099 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224682 035 $a(OCoLC)893333880 035 $a(OCoLC)1138525566 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255855 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408839 100 $a20140929d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNovels of the contemporary extreme /$fedited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cContinuum $d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum literary studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84706-264-4 311 $a0-8264-9088-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aPart I. The Americas. "Right here in nowheres": American psycho and violence's critique / Naomi Mandel -- Telling doubles and literal-minded reading in Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama / Henrik Skov Nielsen -- Posthumous voice and residual presence in Don DeLillo's The body artist / Mikko Keskinen -- A post-apocalyptic world: the excremental, abject female warriors of Josee Yvon / Paula Ruth Gilbert with Colleen Lester -- On the impossibility of being contemporary in Nelly Arcan's Folle / Martine Delvaux -- Media-portrayed violence in Alberto Fuguet's Tinta roja / Jason Summers -- Part II. Europe and the Middle East. Sadomasochism, castration and rape: Richard Morgieve's nightmare theater of primal scenes / Ralph Schoolcraft -- Dantec's Inferno / Lawrence R. Schehr -- Michel Houellebecq: a fin de siecle for the twentieth century / Sabine van Wesemael -- Beyond the extreme: Frederic Beigbeder's Windows on the world / Alain-Philippe Durand -- Amelie Nothomb's dialectic of the sublime and the grotesque / Martine Guyot-Bender -- Violence biting its own tail: Martin Amis's Yellow dog / Jean-Michel Ganteau -- Beauty and death as simulacra in Ray Loriga's Caidos del cielo and El hombre que invento Manhattan / Kathryn Everly -- Sex, drugs and violence in Lucia Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, Prozac y dudas / Catherine Bourland Ross -- On human parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli extreme / Adia Mendelson-Maoz 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction; Alian-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel  -- Part I: Americas  -- 1. 'Right Here in Nowheres': American Psycho and Violence's Critique; Naomi Mandel -- 2. Telling doubles and Literal Minded Reading in Bret Easton Ellis' Glamorama; Henrik Skov Nielsen -- 3. Posthumous Voice and Residual Presence in Don DeLillo's The Body Artist; Mikko Keskinen -- 4. A Post-Apocalyptic World: The Excremental, Abject Female Warriors of Jose?e Yvon; Paula Ruth Gilbert with Colleen Lester -- 5. On the Impossibility of Being Contemporary in Nelly Arcan's Folle; Martine Delvaux -- 6. Media-Portrayed Violence in Alberto Fuguet's Tinta roja; Jason G. Summers -- Part II: Europe and the Middle East -- 7. Sadomasochism, Castration and Rape: Richard Morgie?ve's Nightmare Theater of Primal Scenes; Ralph Schoolcraft -- 8. Dantec's Inferno; Lawrence R. Schehr -- 9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de sie?cles in the French Novel; Sabine van Wesemael -- 10. Beyond The Extreme: Fre?de?ric Beigbeder's Windows on the World; Alain-Philippe Durand -- 11. Ame?lie Nothomb's Dialectic of the Sublime and the Grotesque; Martine Guyot-Bender -- 12. Violence Biting Its Own Tail: Martin Amis's Yellow Dog; Jean-Michel Ganteau -- 13. Beauty and Death as Simulacra in Ray Loriga's Cai?dos del cielo and El hombre que invento? Manhattan; Kathryn Everly -- 14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Luci?a Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas; Catherine Bourland Ross -- 15- On Human Parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli Extreme; Adia Mendelson-Maoz -- Bibliography -- Index 330 8 $aThis book investigates a new form of fiction that is currently emerging in contemporary literature across the globe. 'Novels of the contemporary extreme' - from North and South America, from Europe, and the Middle East - are set in a world both similar to and different from our own: a hyper real, often apocalyptic world progressively invaded by popular culture, permeated with technology and dominated by destruction. While their writing is commonly classified as 'hip' or 'underground' literature, authors of contemporary extreme novels have often been the center of public controversy and scandal; they, and their work, become international bestsellers. This collection of essays identifies and describes this international phenomenon, investigating the appeal of these novels' styles and themes, the reasons behind their success, and the fierce debates they provoked 410 0$aContinuum literary studies. 606 $aFiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $2Literary studies: from c 1900 - 606 $aContemporary, The, in literature 606 $aViolence in literature 606 $aPopular culture in literature 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aContemporary, The, in literature. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 615 0$aPopular culture in literature. 676 $a809.383809.304 676 $a809.39 702 $aDurand$b Alain-Philippe 702 $aMandel$b Naomi$f1969- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825155003321 996 $aNovels of the contemporary extreme$94207008 997 $aUNINA