Literature Against Criticism : University English and Contemporary Fiction in Conflict.
"This is a book about the power game currently being played out between two symbiotic cultural institutions: the university and the novel. As the number of hyper-knowledgeable literary fans grows, students and researchers in English departments waver between dismissing and harnessing voices out...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Open Book Publishers,
2016.
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| Series: | Online access: OAPEN DOAB Directory of Open Access Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This is a book about the power game currently being played out between two symbiotic cultural institutions: the university and the novel. As the number of hyper-knowledgeable literary fans grows, students and researchers in English departments waver between dismissing and harnessing voices outside the academy. Meanwhile, the role that the university plays in contemporary literary fiction is becoming increasingly complex and metafictional, moving far beyond the 'campus novel' of the mid-twentieth century. Martin Paul Eve's engaging and far-reaching study explores the novel's contribution to the ongoing displacement of cultural authority away from university English. Spanning the works of Jennifer Egan, Ishmael Reed, Tom McCarthy, Sarah Waters, Percival Everett, Roberto Bolaño and many others, Literature Against Criticism forces us to re-think our previous notions about the relationship between those who write literary fiction and those who critique it."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | 0. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781783742752 1783742755 |