Novels of the contemporary extreme. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Alain-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel.
• Other Names: Durand, Alain-Philippe; Mandel, Naomi, 1969-
• Contents: 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 Josée 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 Morgiève's nightmare theater of primal scenes / Ralph Schoolcraft -- Dantec's Inferno / Lawrence R. Schehr -- Michel Houellebecq: a fin de siècle for the twentieth century / Sabine van Wesemael -- Beyond the extreme: Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the world / Alain-Philippe Durand -- Amélie 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 Caídos del cielo and El hombre que inventó Manhattan / Kathryn Everly -- Sex, drugs and violence in Lucía. Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, Prozac y dudas / Catherine Bourland Ross -- On human parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli extreme / Adia Mendelson-Maoz.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 178 pages)
• Subjects: 809.304; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Contemporary, The, in literature; Violence in literature; Popular culture in literature; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; Contemporary, The, in literature; Fiction; Popular culture in literature; Violence in literature; Gewalt -- Motiv -- Roman; Roman -- Motiv -- Gewalt; Roman -- Geschichte 20. Jh; Gewalt -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Roman -- Geschichte -- 1970-2005 -- Aufsatzsammlung; Roman -- Motiv (Literatur) -- Gewalt -- Geschichte -- 1970-2005 -- Aufsatzsammlung; Zeitgeist -- Roman -- Geschichte -- 1970-2005 -- Aufsatzsammlung; Roman -- Geschichte -- 1970-2005 -- Aufsatzsammlung; Romans; Geweld; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847140395; 1847140394; 9781281295378
• Related ISBNs: 128129537X; 0826490883; 9780826490889
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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