The Maximalist Novel
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The Maximalist Novel
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Author : Stefano Ercolino
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-06-19
The Maximalist Novel written by Stefano Ercolino and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Maximalist Novel sets out to define a new genre of contemporary fiction that developed in the United States from the early 1970s, and then gained popularity in Europe in the early twenty-first century. The maximalist novel has a very strong symbolic and morphological identity. Ercolino sets out ten particular elements which define and structure it as a complex literary form: length, an encyclopedic mode, dissonant chorality, diegetic exuberance, completeness, narrratorial omniscience, paranoid imagination, inter-semiocity, ethical commitment, and hybrid realism. These ten characteristics are common to all of the seven works that centre his discussion: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Underworld by Don DeLillo, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, and 2005 dopo Cristo by the Babette Factory. Though the ten features are not all present in the same way or form in every single text, they are all decisive in defining the genre of the maximalist novel, insofar as they are systematically co-present. Taken singularly, they can be easily found both in modernist and postmodern novels, which are not maximalist. Nevertheless, it is precisely their co-presence, as well as their reciprocal articulation, which make them fundamental in demarcating the maximalist novel as a genre.
The Maximalist Novel
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Author : Stefano Ercolino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Maximalist Novel written by Stefano Ercolino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Fiction categories.
Maximalism In Contemporary American Literature
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Author : Nick Levey
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-11-18
Maximalism In Contemporary American Literature written by Nick Levey and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book begins a new and foundational discussion of maximalism by investigating how the treatment of detail in contemporary literature impels readers to navigate, tolerate, and enrich the cultural landscape of postindustrial America. It studies the maximalist novels of David Foster Wallace, Nicholson Baker, Thomas Pynchon, and others, considering how overly-detailed writing serves the institutional, emotional, and intellectual needs of contemporary readers and writers. The book argues that maximalist novels not only exceed perceived limits of style, subject matter, and scope, but strive to remake the usefulness of books in contemporary culture, refreshing the act of reading. Levey shows that while these novels are preoccupied with detail and description, they are relatively unconcerned with the traditional goals of representation. Instead, they use detail to communicate particular values and fantasies of intelligence, enthusiasm, and ability attached to the management of complex and excessive information. Whether reinvigorating the banal and trivial in mainstream culture, or soothing anxieties of human insufficiency in the age of automation and the internet, these texts model significant abilities, rather than just objects of significance, and encourage readers to develop habits of reading that complement the demands of an increasingly detailed culture. Drawing upon a diverse range of theoretical schools and cultural texts, including Thing Theory, Marxism, New Formalism, playlists, blogs, and archival manuscripts, the book proposes a new understanding of maximalist writing and a new way of approaching the usefulness of literary objects in contemporary culture.
The Maximalist
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Author : Matt Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Release Date : 2015-09-11
The Maximalist written by Matt Cooper and has been published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
I am a maximalist ... I want more of everything.'Tony O'Reilly strode into the twenty-first century an Irishman apart. Strikingly good-looking, athletically gifted, irresistibly charismatic and phenomenally wealthy, he had everything any man could want. For many, he was a hero, the living embodiment of Irish potential; for others, he was an arrogant and overbearing presence at the heart of power. Without doubt, he was the most powerful unelected Irishman of the past 50 years.His philosophy was simple: 'I am a maximalist ... I want more of everything.'But it was never enough. And today, O'Reilly's empire and the formidable reputation it established lie in tatters.In this landmark biography, Matt Cooper draws on an abundance of new material, including interviews with many of O'Reilly's closest family, friends, associates and rivals, to uncover the man behind the myth. An Irish epic, it documents in unflinching detail and with great subtlety the meteoric rise and slow unravelling of an Irish icon.
The Novel Essay 1884 1947
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Author : S. Ercolino
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-04-08
The Novel Essay 1884 1947 written by S. Ercolino and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with History categories.
The novel-essay emerged in France, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and reached its highest formal complexity in Austria and Germany, during the interwar period. Here, Ercolino argues that it is crucial for a renovated understating of the history of the novel in modernity.
Swallowing A World
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Author : Benjamin Bergholtz
language : en
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2024-10
Swallowing A World written by Benjamin Bergholtz and has been published by University of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Swallowing a World analyzes a series of massive and meandering late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century texts that represent, formally reproduce, and ultimately invite reflection upon the effects of globalization to show that contemporary maximalism is an aesthetic response to globalization and a global phenomenon in its own right.
Maximalist
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Author : Stephen Sestanovich
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2014-02-11
Maximalist written by Stephen Sestanovich and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with History categories.
From a writer with long and high-level experience in the U.S. government, a startling and provocative assessment of America’s global dominance. Maximalist puts the history of our foreign policy in an unexpected new light, while drawing fresh, compelling lessons for the present and future. When the United States has succeeded in the world, Stephen Sestanovich argues, it has done so not by staying the course but by having to change it—usually amid deep controversy and uncertainty. For decades, the United States has been a power like no other. Yet presidents and policy makers worry that they—and, even more, their predecessors—haven’t gotten things right. Other nations, they say to themselves, contribute little to meeting common challenges. International institutions work badly. An effective foreign policy costs too much. Public support is shaky. Even the greatest successes often didn’t feel that way at the time. Sestanovich explores the dramatic results of American global primacy built on these anxious foundations, recounting cycles of overcommitment and underperformance, highs of achievement and confidence followed by lows of doubt. We may think there was a time when America’s international role reflected bipartisan unity, policy continuity, and a unique ability to work with others, but Maximalist tells a different story—one of divided administrations and divisive decision making, of clashes with friends and allies, of regular attempts to set a new direction. Doing too much has always been followed by doing too little, and vice versa. Maximalist unearths the backroom stories and personalities that bring American foreign policy to life. Who knew how hard Lyndon Johnson fought to stay out of the war in Vietnam—or how often Henry Kissinger ridiculed the idea of visiting China? Who remembers that George Bush Sr. found Ronald Reagan’s diplomacy too passive—or that Bush Jr. considered Bill Clinton’s too active? Leaders and scoundrels alike emerge from this retelling in sharper focus than ever before. Sestanovich finds lessons in the past that anticipate and clarify our chaotic present.
Hyperbolic Realism
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Author : Samir Sellami
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2024-02-08
Hyperbolic Realism written by Samir Sellami and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
"A philosophically grounded exploration of the hyperbolic realism of Pynchon and Bolaño within the broader context of modern literature and post-war maximalist writing"--
More More More
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Author : Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2022-09-15
More More More written by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with Architecture categories.
Let master of Maximalism Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen show you how to create and curate a space that you can truly love spending time in. More More More is overflowing with Laurence's signature style, exuberance and a lifetime's experience in lavish living and take-no-prisoners individuality. Part narrative treatise, part visual celebration of Maximalism through the ages, it is rich in history, anecdotes and quite a few rules, most of which are to be broken. Having spent his entire career encouraging people to reject decorative modesty, LLB will not only show the reader how to embrace Maximalism in their home, but promises to change how they live within it. Minimalists beware. It's all about giving yourself the confidence you lack by curating your own perfect haven of chaos, so that you can live with and love your stuff - in surroundings that are anything but beige.
Time Zone J
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Author : Julie Doucet
language : en
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Release Date : 2022-04-19
Time Zone J written by Julie Doucet and has been published by Drawn and Quarterly this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
"This book was drawn from bottom top. Please read accordingly."