{"product_id":"9781441140074","title":"Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism Contemporary Satire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eContinuum Literary Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEthics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eContemporary Satire\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGraham Matthews\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat\u003cbr\u003eis the significance of writing in the wake of postmodernism? The previous\u003cbr\u003edecade has seen a growing interest in criticism of postmodern ethics and\u003cbr\u003eaesthetics from theorists and writers. This book begins to answer what art form\u003cbr\u003eor critical methodology might take its place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring\u003cbr\u003ethe work of six contemporary novelists - Bret Easton Ellis, J.G. Ballard, Will\u003cbr\u003eSelf, Michel Houellebecq, Tama Janowitz and Chuck Palahniuk - Ethics and\u003cbr\u003eDesire in the Wake of Postmodernism delivers a series of interventions into\u003cbr\u003esix key areas of contemporary debate: fear, nihilism, revolution, ethics,\u003cbr\u003eenjoyment and feminism. The book goes on to develop an innovative critical\u003cbr\u003emethodology which reinvigorates the ability of art and literature to engage in\u003cbr\u003eideological critique. Rather than valorising separatism, plurality or\u003cbr\u003eindeterminacy, this approach delivers a critical framework which enacts a\u003cbr\u003eradical de-centering of the fundamental coordinates of contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham Matthews is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle\u003cbr\u003eUniversity,\u003cbr\u003eUK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 June 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContinuum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441140074\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331444506764,"sku":"9781441140074","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441140074","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}