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Novels of the contemporary extreme / edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel
| Novels of the contemporary extreme / edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
809.383809.304
809.39 |
| Collana | Continuum literary studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Contemporary, The, in literature Violence in literature Popular culture in literature |
| ISBN |
1-4725-4267-3
1-281-29537-X 9786611295370 1-4411-6213-5 1-84714-039-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Part 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
Acknowledgements -- 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 Josée 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 Morgiève's Nightmare Theater of Primal Scenes; Ralph Schoolcraft -- 8. Dantec's Inferno; Lawrence R. Schehr -- 9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de siècles in the French Novel; Sabine van Wesemael -- 10. Beyond The Extreme: Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the World; Alain-Philippe Durand -- 11. Amélie 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 Caídos del cielo and El hombre que inventó Manhattan; Kathryn Everly -- 14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Lucía 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451127903321 |
| London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Novels of the contemporary extreme / edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel
| Novels of the contemporary extreme / edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
809.383809.304
809.39 |
| Collana | Continuum literary studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Contemporary, The, in literature Violence in literature Popular culture in literature |
| ISBN |
1-4725-4267-3
1-281-29537-X 9786611295370 1-4411-6213-5 1-84714-039-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Part 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
Acknowledgements -- 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 Josée 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 Morgiève's Nightmare Theater of Primal Scenes; Ralph Schoolcraft -- 8. Dantec's Inferno; Lawrence R. Schehr -- 9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de siècles in the French Novel; Sabine van Wesemael -- 10. Beyond The Extreme: Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the World; Alain-Philippe Durand -- 11. Amélie 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 Caídos del cielo and El hombre que inventó Manhattan; Kathryn Everly -- 14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Lucía 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784970603321 |
| London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Novels of the contemporary extreme / / edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel
| Novels of the contemporary extreme / / edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina |
809.383809.304
809.39 |
| Collana | Continuum literary studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Contemporary, The, in literature Violence in literature Popular culture in literature |
| ISBN |
1-4725-4267-3
1-281-29537-X 9786611295370 1-4411-6213-5 1-84714-039-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Part 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
Acknowledgements -- 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 Josée 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 Morgiève's Nightmare Theater of Primal Scenes; Ralph Schoolcraft -- 8. Dantec's Inferno; Lawrence R. Schehr -- 9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de siècles in the French Novel; Sabine van Wesemael -- 10. Beyond The Extreme: Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the World; Alain-Philippe Durand -- 11. Amélie 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 Caídos del cielo and El hombre que inventó Manhattan; Kathryn Everly -- 14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Lucía 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825155003321 |
| London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||