Ethics and desire in the wake of postmodernism : contemporary satire

Publication Data

• Title Ethics and desire in the wake of postmodernism : contemporary satire
• Author Graham Matthews
• Publisher Continuum
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

You do an awfully good impression of yourself: fear and uncertainty in Bret Easton Ellis' Lunar Park
Nihilism and the sublime in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club
Revolution and the multitude in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People
Evil is to morality as magnolia is to paint: ethics and aesthetics in Will Self's Dorian: an imitation
Sex tourism and the politics of enjoyment in Michel Houellebecq's Platform
Feminism, satire and critique in the work of Tama Janowitz.

Topics

• Fiction :: History and criticism :: Theory, etc.
• Satire
• Ethics in literature
• Desire in literature
• Postmodernism (Literature)

Ethics and desire in the wake of postmodernism : contemporary satire by Graham Matthews. ISBN 9781441140074. Published by Continuum in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.