Michael W. Clune

American Literature and the Free Market, 1945-2000 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The years after World War Two have seen a widespread fascination with the free market. In this book, Michael W. Clune considers this fascination in postwar literature. In the fictional worlds created by works ranging from Frank O'Hara's poetry to nineties gangster rap, the market is transformed, offering an alternative form of life, distinct from both the social visions of the left and the individualist ethos of the right. These ideas also provide an unsettling example of how art takes on social power by offering an escape from society. American Literature and the Free Market presents a new perspective on a number of wide ranging works for readers of American post-war literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511847745
• Artikelnr.: 52953253

Autorenporträt

Michael W. Clune is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of South Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: the economic fiction
1. Freedom from you
2. Frank O'Hara and free choice
3. William Burroughs' virtual mind
4. Blood money: sovereignty and exchange in Kathy Acker
5. 'You Can't See Me': rap, money, and the first person
Conclusion: the invisible world
Bibliography
Notes
Index.