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Bret Easton Ellis - (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century) by G Colby (Hardcover)

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  • This book reads the whole of Bret Easton Ellis's oeuvre to date from Less Than Zero to Imperial Bedrooms and asks to what extent Ellis's novels can be read as critiquing the cultural moments of which they are a part.
  • About the Author: Georgina Colby is Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at the University of Westminster, UK.
  • 228 Pages
  • Literary Criticism, American
  • Series Name: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

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"This book reads the whole of Bret Easton Ellis's oeuvre to date from Less Than Zero to Imperial Bedrooms and asks to what extent Ellis's novels can be read as critiquing the cultural moments of which they are a part. Ellis's work can be thought of as an enactment of a process of underwriting contemporary culture, which offers new paths of understanding and ways of critiquing the contemporary author's place in the relations of production"--



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This book reads the whole of Bret Easton Ellis's oeuvre to date from Less Than Zero to Imperial Bedrooms and asks to what extent Ellis's novels can be read as critiquing the cultural moments of which they are a part. Ellis's work can be thought of as an enactment of a process of underwriting contemporary culture, which offers new paths of understanding and ways of critiquing the contemporary author's place in the relations of production.



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"Bret Easton Ellis: Underwriting the Contemporary is an accomplished and challenging book that, through a close reading of Ellis s oeuvre to date, attempts to correlate political and literary value in order to extract a new politics of literature. It is a timely and serious work on a very important author whose reputation is overshadowed by the celebrity of his debut novel and the infamy of American Psycho." - Scott Wilson, Professor in the School of Humanities, London Graduate School, Kingston University

"Colby provides a path-breaking reading and re-situation of Bret Easton Ellis s work, elegantly written and attentive to the rich paradoxes of his authorial persona and literary stance.With her elaboration of the underwritten as double-voiced critique, she moves us away from the clichés of the Blank Generation and gives us tools for an understanding of the slippery politics of contemporary fiction. Ellis emerges as a better and more dangerous writer than we know." - Tim Armstrong, Professor of Modern English and American Literature, Royal Holloway, University of London




About the Author



Georgina Colby is Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at the University of Westminster, UK.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Sub-Genre: American
Genre: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 228
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Author: G Colby
Language: English
Street Date: August 9, 2011
TCIN: 93953713
UPC: 9780230116986
Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-8241
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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