The Novel and the New Ethics

by Dorothy J. Hale

Book Overview

For a generation of contemporary Anglo-American novelists, the question "Why write?" has been answered with a renewed will to believe in the ethical value of literature. Dissatisfied with postmodernist parody and pastiche, a broad array of novelist-critics--including J.M. Coetzee, Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith, Gish Jen, Ian McEwan, and Jonathan Franzen--champion the novel as the literary genre most qualified to illuminate individual ethical action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503614069
• ISBN13: 9781503614062
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"