American Literature Readings in the 21st Century: Underwriting the Contemporary

Colby, G.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-08-09

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230116986

DOI: 10.1057/9780230339163

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 228