Addiction, representation and the experimental novel, 1985-2015. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Heath A. Diehl.
• Authors: Diehl, Heath A
• Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Bearing Witness: leaving las Vegas (1990) -- Taking the Addict's Voice -- Reclaiming the Addict's Voice -- Listening to the Addict -- Learning from the Addict -- Blacking Out -- Bearing Witness -- Finding Beauty in the Ruins -- Chapter 2 Betraying: Dope (2006) -- A "Woman Set between Contending Forces" -- "I'd Been Places, and Far Too Many of Them" -- (Not) "in a Realm of Deferred Repentance" -- "Poor, Invisible Nadine" -- A Powerful Reimagining of the Noir Form -- Chapter 3 Gaslighting: The Girl On The Train (2015) -- "I Am Not the Girl I Used to Be" -- "Do You Know How Idiotic [...] Damien Felt?" "Please, Rachel. You've Got to Sort Yourself Out." -- "Something Happened. Something Bad." -- "Everything Is a Lie" -- A Figure for Readers' Own Identity -- Chapter 4 Transgressing: Less Than Zero (1985) -- Black Neon: Exploitative Self-Flagellation -- Transgressive Fiction: The New as Shocking -- Less Than Zero as Transgressive -- Only Stubble: The Mirror as Site of Self-Examination -- Compassionate Listening -- Chapter 5 Disorienting: The Orange Eats Creeps (2010) -- Deformation of Language -- Inconsistency of Tropes -- Disorientation of Readers -- Awakening of Compassion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: 809.93353; Addicts in literature; Compulsive behavior in literature; Experimental fiction -- History and criticism; Fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Roman -- 21e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Addicts in literature; Compulsive behavior in literature; Experimental fiction; Fiction; Electronic books; Literary criticism; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Literary criticism; Critiques littéraires
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785276156; 1785276158; 9781785276149
• Related ISBNs: 178527614X; 1785276131; 9781785276132
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based upon print version of record.
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