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Item Details
Title:
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BLANK FICTION
CULTURE, CONSUMPTION AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NARRATIVE |
By: |
James Annesley |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£60.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0745310915 |
ISBN 13: |
9780745310916 |
Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
Pub. date: |
10 March, 1998 |
Pages: |
192 |
Description: |
This study of the work of young American writers focuses on a group who value superficiality over complexity, and "pulp" culture over the highbrow. Previously dismissed as nihilist Generation X no-hopers, Annesley attempts to position their work as an analysis of late 20th-century culture. |
Synopsis: |
This study of the work of young American writers focuses on a group who appear to value superficiality over complexity, youth over experience,and "pulp" culture over the highbrow. Previously dismissed as nihilist Generation X no-hopers, Annesley attempts to position their work as an analysis of late 20th-century culture. Amongst the contemporary authors featured are Lynne Tillman, Dennis Cooper, Bret Easton Ellis, Douglas Coupland and Poppy Z. Brite. |
Illustrations: |
notes, references, bibliography, index |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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