Bret Easton Ellis : American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park.
Title:
Bret Easton Ellis : American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park.
Author:
Mandel, Naomi.
ISBN:
9781441162144
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (189 pages)
Series:
Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction
Contents:
Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Value and Values of Bret Easton Ellis -- Part I: American Psycho -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Violence, Ethics, and the Rhetoric of Decorum in American Psycho -- Chapter 2 American Psycho, Hamlet, and Existential Psychosis -- Chapter 3 "The Soul of this Man is his Clothes": Violence and Fashion in American Psycho -- Part II: Glamorama -- Introduction -- Chapter 4 The Unusual Suspects: Celebrity, Conspiracy, and Objective Violence in Glamorama -- Chapter 5 "It's Really Me": Intermediality and Constructed Identities in Glamorama -- Chapter 6 "Merely Political": Glam Terrorism and Celebrity Politics in Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama -- Part III: Lunar Park -- Introduction -- Chapter 7 "An Awfully Good Impression": Truth and Testimony in Lunar Park -- Chapter 8 What's in a Name? Double Exposures in Lunar Park -- Chapter 9 Brand Ellis: Celebrity Authorship in Lunar Park -- Works Cited -- Further Reading -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This collection of critical essays on the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis examines the novels of his mature period: American Psycho (1991), Glamorama (1999), and Lunar Park (2005). Taking as its starting-point American Psycho's seismic impact on contemporary literature and culture, the volume establishes Ellis' centrality to the scholarship and teaching of contemporary American literature in the U.S. and in Europe. Contributors examine the alchemy of acclaim and disdain that accrues to this controversial writer, provide an overview of growing critical material on Ellis and review the literary and artistic significance of his recent work. Exploring key issues including violence, literature, reality, reading, identity, genre, and gender, the contributors together provide a critical re-evaluation of Ellis, exploring how he has impacted, challenged, and transformed contemporary literature in the U.S. and abroad.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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