Literature Against Criticism: University English and Contemporary Fiction in Conflict

by Martin Paul Eve

Book Overview

This is a book about the power game currently being played out between two symbiotic cultural institutions: the university and the novel. As the number of hyper-knowledgeable literary fans grows, students and researchers in English departments waiver between dismissing and harnessing voices outside the academy. Meanwhile, the role that the university plays in contemporary literary fiction is becoming increasingly complex and metafictional, moving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783742739
• ISBN13: 9781783742738
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Open Book Publishers
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"