Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem by Cynthia Kuhn (

Description: Reading Chuck Palahniuk by Cynthia Kuhn, Lance Rubin Reading Chuck Palahniuk examines how the author pushes through a variety of boundaries to shape fiction and to question American identity in powerful and important ways. Palahniuks innovative stylistic accomplishments and notoriously disturbing subject matters invite close analysis, and the new essays in this collection offer fascinating insights about Palahniuks texts, contexts, contributions, and controversies. Addressing novels from Fight Club through Snuff, as well as his nonfiction, this volume will be valuable to anyone with a serious interest in contemporary literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Reading Chuck Palahniuk examines how the author pushes through a variety of boundaries to shape fiction and to question American identity in powerful and important ways. Palahniuks innovative stylistic accomplishments and notoriously disturbing subject matters invite close analysis, and the new essays in this collection offer fascinating insights about Palahniuks texts, contexts, contributions, and controversies. Addressing novels from Fight Club through Snuff, as well as his nonfiction, this volume will be valuable to anyone with a serious interest in contemporary literature. Author Biography Cynthia Kuhn is Associate Professor of English at Metropolitan State College. Lance Rubin is Associate Professor and Humanities Chair at Arapahoe Community College. Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Cynthia Kuhn and Lance Rubin, Introduction Part I. Genres, Structures, and Modes 1. Sidney L. Sondergard, "Chuck Palahniuk and the Semiotics of Personal Doom: The Novelist as Escape Artist" 2. Andrew Ng, "Destruction and the Discourse of Deformity: Invisible Monsters and the Ethics of Atrocity" 3. Cynthia Kuhn, "I Am Marlas Monstrous Wound: Fight Club and The Gothic" 4.Christina Angel, "This Theatre of Mass Destruction: Medieval Morality and Jacobean Convention in Palahniuks Novels" 5. Andrew Slade, "On Mutilation: The Sublime Body of Chuck Palahniuks Fiction" 6. Sherry R. Truffin, "This is what passes for free will: Chuck Palahniuks Postmodern Gothic" 7. Joshua Parker, "Where youre supposed to be: Apostrophe and Apocalypse in Chuck Palahniuk" Part II. Politics, Cultures, and Philosophies 8. Jesse Kavadlo, "With Us or Against Us: Chuck Palahniuks 9/11" 9. David Simmons and Nicola Allen, "Reading Chuck Palahniuks Survivor and Haunted as a Critique of The Culture Industry" 10. Lance Rubin, "The Politics of Boredom: Punk, the Situationist International and Chuck Palahniuks Rant" 11. Alex E. Blazer, "The Phony Martyrdom of Saint Me: Choke, The Catcher in the Rye, and the Problem of Postmodern Narcissistic Nihilism" 12. Peter Mathews, "The Politics of Voice in Palahniuks Lullaby" 13. G. Christopher Williams, "Nihilism and Buddhism in a Blender: The Religion of Chuck Palahniuk" 14. Devin Harner, "True Stories and Beaded Necklaces: Fandom and Chuck Palahniuks Writing as Ritual" 15. Steffen Hantke, "Blood on the Bookstore Floor: Chuck Palahniuk and the Case of the Fainting Reader" Notes on Contributors Kenneth G. MacKendrick and Nicole Goulet, Selected Bibliography Index Details ISBN0415634245 Short Title READING CHUCK PALAHNIUK Language English ISBN-10 0415634245 ISBN-13 9780415634243 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 813.54 Author Lance Rubin Year 2012 Imprint Routledge Subtitle American Monsters and Literary Mayhem Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Lance Rubin Series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature Affiliation Arapahoe Community College, USA AU Release Date 2012-04-20 NZ Release Date 2012-04-20 UK Release Date 2012-04-20 Pages 246 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2012-04-20 Alternative 9780415998109 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134714186;

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