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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108499569 |
| Book Description | In the twenty-first century, leading publishers are under intense pressure from their conglomerate owners and shareholders to generate growth and profits. This book shows how these pressures have transformed the contemporary novel. Paul Crosthwaite argues that recent British and American authors have internalized the market logics of the financial sector and book trade, resulting in the production of works of 'market metafiction' in which authors reflect obsessively on their writing's positioning in the literary marketplace. The Market Logics of Contemporary Fiction reveals the entanglement of fictional narrative and market dynamics to be the central phenomenon of contemporary literary culture. It engages with work by key authors including Iain Sinclair, Don DeLillo, Kathy Acker, Bret Easton Ellis, Chris Kraus, Percival Everett, David Foster Wallace, Colson Whitehead, Anne Billson, Hari Kunzru, Barbara Browning, Teju Cole, Ben Lerner, Tao Lin, Nell Zink, Joshua Cohen, Sheila Heti, and Garth Risk Hallberg. |
| Editorial Review | Paul Crosthwaite engages deeply and thoughtfully with the fields of economics and economic history to produce a study that is genuinely interdisciplinary in scope. The book reconfigures economic concepts as formal strategies to great effect, generating highly original pairings and readings that are both insightful and persuasive. The book is superbly polished in its execution and a pleasure to read.' Janice Ho, University of Colorado 'The Market Logics of Contemporary Fiction offers an original and stimulating account of the intersections among imaginative writing, literary publishing, and high finance in the post-1970 period. Dealing with an array of prominent British and American novelists, and contributing substantially to debates in the new economic criticism, Paul Crosthwaite's book represents a major scholarly achievement. It should be read by anyone interested in the economic contexts and content of postmodern writing and should play a substantial role in reshaping the teaching of contemporary literature to new generations of students. I will recommend this book to my own students as a must-read account of the last few decades in fiction.' Adam Kelly, University of York '... scholars of economics as well as scholars of literature will benefit from this study.' L. A. Brewer, Choice |
| About the Author | Paul Crosthwaite is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Paul Crosthwaite |
| Publication Date | 30 Nov 2019 |
| Number of Pages | 316 |
The Market Logics Of Contemporary Fiction hardcover english - 30 Nov 2019
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