Contemporary Fiction and the Uses of Theory: The Novel from Structuralism to Postmodernism

By Michael Greaney

Book Overview

This topical study examines the 'novelizations' of radical literary theory in the work of A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Umberto Eco, John Fowles, Richard Powers and many other leading novelists. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the 'post-theoretical novel', and traces an alternative history of the 'theory revolution' in recent literary fiction.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403991464
• ISBN13: 9781403991461
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.5"