Maximalism in Contemporary American Literature: The Uses of Detail

by Nick Levey

Book Overview

This book studies the maximalist novels of Wallace, Baker, Pynchon, and others, considering how overly-detailed writing serves the institutional, emotional, and intellectual needs of contemporary readers and writers. It argues that maximalist novels not only exceed perceived limits of style, subject matter, and scope, but strive to remake the us

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036787850X
• ISBN13: 9780367878504
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"