The New Atheist Novel: Philosophy, Fiction and Polemic After 9/11

by Arthur Bradley and Arthur T. Bradley

Book Overview

The New Atheist Novel is the first study of a major new genre of contemporary fiction. It examines how Richard Dawkins's so-called New Atheism' movement has caught the imagination of four eminent modern novelists: Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Philip Pullman. For McEwan and his contemporaries, the contemporary novel represents a new front in the ideological war against religion, religious fundamentalism and, after 9/11, religious terror:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826446299
• ISBN13: 9780826446299
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"