The waste fix
Subtitle: seizures of the sacred from Upton Sinclair to the Sopranos
By: William G. Little.
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Auster, Paul, 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.; Leyner, Mark -- Criticism and interpretation.; DeLillo, Don.; Sopranos (Television program); American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Waste (Economics) in literature.; Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.; Refuse and refuse disposal in literature.; Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167- 172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Waste expectations; title: Naturalism's shambling figure; title: Joint anxiety; title: Shit fits; title: Blank posturing; title: Sham(ble) fiction; title: Melville's (un)flinching faith; title: Nothing to go on : Paul Auster's cracked case; title: Catching a break; title: Nothing doing; title: Absent-minded hunger; title: Firing blanks; title: (Mis)spelling disaster: faith in white noise; title: Dis-astrologic; title: Garbage disposal; title: Void where prohibited; title: Trash recollection; title: Figuring out Mark Leyner : a waste of time; title: The rush of the scandalous; title: The warped writer; title: The art of dispatch; title: Putting off; title: Backfire III : Hitting on The Sopranos.