New Media and the Transformation of Postmodern American Literature: From Cage to Connection

Name: New Media and the Transformation of Postmodern American Literature: From Cage to Connection
Brand: Casey Michael Henry
SKU: 9781350178694
Price: 34.79 GBP
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by Casey Michael Henry

Title:

Author:

Casey Michael Henry

Series (if any):

New Horizons in Contemporary Writing

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

216 pages

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

ISBN-13:

9781350178694

EAN:

9781350178694

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

468

Dimensions (mm):

156 x 234 x 16

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£34.79

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Description

How has American literature after postmodernism responded to the digital age? Drawing on insights from contemporary media theory, this is the first book to explore the explosion of new media technologies as an animating context for contemporary American literature. Casey Michael Henry examines the intertwining histories of new media forms since the 1970s and literary postmodernism and its aftermath, from William Gaddis's J Rand Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho through to David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Through these histories, the book charts the ways in which print-based postmodern writing at first resisted new mass media forms and ultimately came to respond to them.