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(Beyond) posthuman violence : epic rewritings of ethics in the contemporary novel /

" ... The individual is affected by a difficulty to communicate her metaphor machine to the Other, as if it were inexpressible. This work explores how the characters in the works of David Foster Wallace, Cormac MacCarthy, J. G. Ballard, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Neal S...

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Main Author:	Murgia, Claudio (Author)
Other Authors:	Docherty, Thomas, 1955- (author of introduction.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2019]
Series:	Series in literary studies.
Subjects:	1900-1999 Comparative literature. Fiction > Social aspects. Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Literature and morals. Metaphor in literature. Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature. Violence in literature. Fiction. Academic theses. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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