The Market Logics of Contemporary Fiction

by Paul Crosthwaite

In the twenty-first century, leading publishers are under intense pressure from their conglomerate owners and shareholders to generate growth and profits. This book shows how these pressures have transformed the contemporary novel. Paul Crosthwaite argues that recent British and American authors have internalized the market logics of the financial sector and book trade, resulting in the production of works of 'market metafiction' in which authors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108499562
• ISBN13: 9781108499569
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 6.3"