Contemporary fiction and the ethics of modern culture [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey Karnicky

• Autore: Karnicky Jeffrey
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. ; ; Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.90092; 823.91409355
• Soggetto topico: English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism; English literature - 20th century - History and criticism; English literature - 21st century - History and criticism; Ethics in literature; Popular culture in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-181) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary fiction and the ethics of modern culture
• ISBN: 1-281-36279-4; 9786611362799; 0-230-60359-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450938803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II