Description |
1 online resource |
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European perspectives on the United States, 2666-724X ; Volume 6 |
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European perspectives on the United States ; v. 6
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Contents |
Preliminary Material / Julia Nikiel -- Copyright page / Julia Nikiel -- Acknowledgments / Julia Nikiel -- Introduction: "We Live in Financial Times" / Julia Nikiel -- Chapter 1 The Fictions Capital Weaves: Theorizing the Global Contemporary and Its (Literary) Representations / Julia Nikiel -- Chapter 2 The Forever Now: Foretelling the Present in William Gibson's Bigend Trilogy / Julia Nikiel -- Chapter 3 Extreme Vertigo: Narrating the Information Age in Douglas Coupland's Post-millennial Fiction / Julia Nikiel -- Chapter 4 A Jack in the (Black) Box: Exorcising the Capitalist Spectacle in Dave Eggers' A Hologram for the King, The Circle , and The Parade / Julia Nikiel -- Conclusion: "You've Been Framed..." / Julia Nikiel -- Works Cited / Julia Nikiel -- Index / Julia Nikiel |
Summary |
"If it is indeed impossible to think beyond capitalism, then capital has become reality. If global capitalism organizes reality through the stories it weaves, capital is (as strong as) its fictions. If capital is reality and capital is fiction, then reality as such is fiction as well. It is by reading this fiction for both patterns and inconsistencies that contemporary individuals can challenge global capital and unveil its hypocrisies; and it is by fighting fiction with fiction, i.e. projecting new realities - such as those in the post-millennial novels by William Gibson, Douglas Coupland, and Dave Eggers - that people can imagine the world anew"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost platform, viewed May 25, 2023) |
Subject |
American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Canadian fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Capitalism in literature.
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Globalization in literature.
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Gibson, William, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Coupland, Douglas -- Criticism and interpretation
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Eggers, Dave -- Criticism and interpretation
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Globalization in literature
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American fiction.
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Canadian fiction.
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Capitalism in literature.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Literary criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2022054970 |
ISBN |
9789004533288 |
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9004533281 |
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