Community in Twentieth-Century Fiction

By Julián Jiménez Heffernan, Paula Martín Salvan, Gerardo Rodríguez Salas

Book Overview

This book focuses on the imaginary construction and deconstruction of human communities in modern and contemporary fiction. Drawing on recent theoretical debate on the notion of community (Nancy, Blanchot, Badiou, Esposito), this collection examines narratives by Joyce, Mansfield, Davies, Naipaul, DeLillo, Atwood and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349448753
• ISBN13: 9781349448753
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"