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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CROSSING BORDERS AND TRANSFORMING GENRES; READING NARA'S DIARY OR THE DELUDING STRATEGIES OF THE IMPLIED AUTHOR IN THE RIFT; CONTAMINATED COPIES; THE PRAISE OF MONSTROSITY; CHAPTER TWO; AN UTTERLY CONTEMPORARY WORK OF FICTION? J.M. COETZEE'S DIARY OF A BAD YEAR; MELUSINIAN INTERTEXTUALITY IN A.S. BYATT'S METAPHORICAL METAMORPHOSING TALES; THE METAPHOR OF GENRE AND TEXT; CHAPTER THREE; VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF FICTION IN STRANGER ON A TRAIN BY JENNY DISKI; TALL, TALL STORIES. |
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FINANCIAL, PICTORIAL, AND GENERIC SPECULATION(S) IN DEBORAH MOGGACH'S TULIP FEVERUNRULY NOVELS, UNRULY SELVES; CHAPTER FOUR; NOT FOR SALE, OR, THE POSTMODERNIST IDEOLOGY; THATCHER'S POSTMODERNISTS; DEFINING IDENTITY AND THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON FICTION; FICTION AFTER 9/11; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Contemporary aesthetics is characterized by generic mixing on the level of both form and content. The barriers between different medias and different genres have been broken down in all literary art forms, whether it be theatre, poetry, or the novel. While the publishing industry is increasingly keen to label novels according to genre or sub-genre ("Chick Lit", "Lad Lit", "Gay fiction", "Scottish fiction", "New Historical Fiction", "Crime fiction", "Post-9/11 Fiction"), the novel itself (and ... |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Fiction genres.
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Fiction genres. |
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Electronic books.
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Pittin-Hédon, Marie-Odile.
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Print version: Gonzalez, Madelena. Generic Instability and Identity in the Contemporary Novel. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2010 9781443817325 |
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9781443818391 (electronic book) |
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1443818399 (electronic book) |
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9781443817325 (Cloth) |
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1443817325 (Cloth) |
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