Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3034313950
ISBN-13
9783034313957
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 29th, 2013
Print length
246 Pages
Weight
326 grams
Dimensions
21.20 x 25.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: from c 1900 -Gender studies: women
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Including controversial works such as Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho, James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, this book analyses why literature continues to provoke public debate, and what scandalous works suggest about literature, the literary and the world.
This book critically examines a wide range of contemporary literary scandals in order to identify the cultural and literary anxieties revealed by controversial works. It explores how scandal predominantly emerges in relation to texts which offer challenging representations concerning children, women, sexuality, religion and authenticity, and how literary controversies bring to the surface a series of concerns about the complex construction of identity, history and reality. Including works such as J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series (1996–2007), Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho (1991), James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces (2003), Misha Defonseca’s Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust (1997), Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (1988) and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy (1995–2000), the author analyses a broad spectrum of texts in order to examine why books continue to provoke public debate and outrage, and what the arguments surrounding scandalous works suggest about literature and the world.
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