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Contemporary novelists and the aesthetics of twenty-first century American life /

"Contemporary culture is full of anxiety. But what happens when art, which usually purports to soothe us, actually disturbs us? What affective distortions do aesthetic experiences afford us when solace isn't the ultimate ambition? What happens when art fails, or when we fail to engage with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kingston-Reese, Alexandra, 1989- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019]
Series:New American canon.
Subjects:
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Art and literature > United States.56.
Cognitive dissonance in literature.
Affect (Psychology) in literature.
Realism in literature.
Life in literature.
Literature > Psychology.
Experimental literature, American > History and criticism.
American fiction.
Art and literature.
2000-2099
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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