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Blank Fictions: Consumerism, Culture, and the Contemporary American Novel
Blank Fictions Consumerism Culture and the Contemporary American Novel Author:James Annesley This study of the work of young American writers focuses on a group who appear to value superficiality over complexity, youth over experience,and "pulp" culture over the highbrow. Previously dismissed as nihilist Generation X no-hopers, Annesley attempts to position their work as an analysis of late 20th-century culture. Amongst the contemporary... more » authors featured are Lynne Tillman, Dennis Cooper, Bret Easton Ellis, Douglas Coupland and Poppy Z. Brite.« less