Rethinking Fiction after the 2007/8 Financial Crisis - Consumption, Economics, and the American Dream (Hardcover)

This book provides insight into the impact the 2007/8 financial crisis and subsequent Great Recession had on American fiction. Employing an interdisciplinary approach which combines literary studies with anthropology, economics, sociology, and psychology, the author attempts to gauge the changes that the crisis facilitated in the American novel. Focusing on four books, Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton, Philipp Meyer's American Rust, Sophie McManus's The Unfortunates, and William Gibson's The Peripheral, the study traces how they present such issues as poverty, wealth, equality, distinction, opportunity, and how they relate both to traditional criticisms of consumer culture and the US economy, particularly those issues that have received more attention as a result of the crisis. It also tackles the issue of genre and interpretation in this period, as well as what methods the analyzed novels employ in order to highlight the decreasing social mobility of Americans.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Miroslaw Aleksander Miernik
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-69211-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-69211-2
Barcode:	9780367692117

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