Bret Easton Ellis's controversial fiction
Subtitle: writing between high and low culture
By: Sonia Baelo-Allué
Series: Continuum literary studies series; Continuum literary studies
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781441107916
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. 1. Between the high and the low. The low : Ellis in the celebrity world; title: The high : Ellis in the literary field; title: pt. 2. Less than zero (1985). The reception of Less than zero; title: The use of mass culture and mass media in the novel; title: The aesthetics of a blank, coming-of-age novel; title: pt. 3. American psycho (1991). The reception of American psycho; title: The use of popular, mass and consumer culture; title: The aesthetics of serial killing; title: pt. 4. Glamorama (1998). The reception of Glamorama; title: The use of celebrity culture and the novel of manners; title: The aesthetics of the impossible conspiracy thriller; title: pt. 5. New paths? Lunar park (2005) : the turning point?; title: Imperial bedrooms (2010) : coming full circle.