This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through reading novels by such writers as David Foster Wallace, Richard Powers, and Irvine Welsh, this book looks at howthese works seek to transform the ways that readers live in the world. INDICE: Assembling an Ethics of Reading - Between Reading and Writing: Susan Daitch, David Markson and Bartleby - Fascinated Disgust in Richard Powers -Kinds of Stasis in David Foster Wallace - Silence Junkies: Irvine Welsh's Novel
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-7760-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 23/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés