1st Edition
The Ethics and Aesthetics of Vulnerability in Contemporary British Fiction
By Jean-Michel Ganteau
Copyright 2015
190 Pages
by
Routledge
189 Pages
by
Routledge
189 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book visits vulnerability in contemporary British fiction, considering vulnerability in its relation to poetics, politics, ethics, and trauma. Vulnerability and risk have become central issues in contemporary culture, and artistic productions have increasingly made it their responsibility to evoke various types of vulnerabilities, from individual fragilities to economic and political forms... Read more
Introduction 1. Romance Strategies 2. Elegy 3. Ghost Texts 4. State of the Nation Conclusion
Biography
Jean-Michel Ganteau is Professor of English Literature at Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, France
