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Book/Printed Material Literature against criticism : university English and contemporary fiction in conflict

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Title

  • Literature against criticism : university English and contemporary fiction in conflict

Summary

  • "This is a book about the power game currently being played out between two symbiotic cultural institutions: the university and the novel. As the number of hyper-knowledgeable literary fans grows, students and researchers in English departments waver between dismissing and harnessing voices outside the academy. Meanwhile, the role that the university plays in contemporary literary fiction is becoming increasingly complex and metafictional, moving far beyond the 'campus novel' of the mid-twentieth century. Martin Paul Eve's engaging and far-reaching study explores the novel's contribution to the ongoing displacement of cultural authority away from university English. Spanning the works of Jennifer Egan, Ishmael Reed, Tom McCarthy, Sarah Waters, Percival Everett, Roberto Bolaño and many others, Literature Against Criticism forces us to re-think our previous notions about the relationship between those who write literary fiction and those who critique it."--Publisher's website.

Names

  • Eve, Martin Paul, 1986- author.
  • Open Book Publishers, publisher.

Created / Published

  • Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, [2016]
  • ©2016

Contents

  • About the Author -- Style -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction. 1. Authors, Institutions, and Markets -- 2. What, Where? -- Part II: Critique. 3. Aesthetic Critique -- 4. Political Critique -- Part III: Legitimation. 5. Sincerity and Truth -- 6. Labour and Theory -- Part IV: Discipline. 7. Genre and Class -- 8. Discipline and Publish -- Part V: The End. 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Headings

  • -  Criticism--Authorship
  • -  Fiction--Authorship
  • -  Literature--History and criticism
  • -  Literature--Study and teaching (Higher)
  • -  Popular literature--France--History and criticism

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers, viewed on April 7, 2020).

Medium

  • 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustration

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PN3331

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019452727

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Eve, Martin Paul, Author, and Publisher Open Book Publishers. Literature against criticism: university English and contemporary fiction in conflict. [Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, ©, 2016] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019452727/.

APA citation style:

Eve, M. P. & Open Book Publishers, P. (2016) Literature against criticism: university English and contemporary fiction in conflict. [Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019452727/.

MLA citation style:

Eve, Martin Paul, Author, and Publisher Open Book Publishers. Literature against criticism: university English and contemporary fiction in conflict. [Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, ©, 2016] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019452727/>.