Contemporary Fiction and the Uses of Theory
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
ISBN-13: 9781280862335
Description: This topical study examines the 'novelizations' of radical literary theory in the work of A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Umberto Eco, John Fowles, Richard Powers and many other leading novelists. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the 'post-theoretical novel', and traces an alternative history of the 'theory revolution' in recent literary fiction.