{"product_id":"9781137485885","title":"Sex, Time, and Space in Contemporary Fiction: Exceptional Intercourse","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSex, Time, and Space in Contemporary Fiction: Exceptional Intercourse\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDavies, Ben\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining close readings of literature and theory, \u003ci\u003eSex, Time, and Space in Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e opens up new ways to consider the sex-time-space nexus. In an exciting and compelling contribution to contemporary literary studies, this book takes the concept of ‘exceptionality’ as its point of departure as developed through an exploration of Giorgio Agamben’s theory of the state of exception and the work of theorists including Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. Through an analysis of a range of widely read contemporary fiction, including \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGertrude and Claudius\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Davies\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a rigorous exploration of narrative form and offers original theories of the prequel, narrative relations in terms of set theory, and the practice of reading itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-09-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137485885\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-48589-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 178\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752403103884,"sku":"9781137485885","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137485885.jpg?v=1776576123","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137485885","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}