Martians, Monsters and Madonna: Fiction and Form in the World of Martin Amis, Vol. 2 FROM THE PUBLISHER
The burgeoning postmodern condition forces a reevaluation of the novel as a form; contemporary formlessness has created a new and seemingly endless range of interpretations under which the forms of the past coalesce. Martin Amis, whose novels and stories "live" this phenomenon and inform this study, has discovered an art form in the literature of decay, where traditional fictional elements, such as time, voice and motivation, have been corrupted by the twentieth century and the revitalized anti-novel. Style has overcome story in the world of Martin Amis—and perhaps in the "real" world as well.
SYNOPSIS
Dern (English, Penn State U.), examining works by novelist Amis as , , , , and six others, discusses the postmodern concerns of Amis about the role of the novelist in the construction of literature. The way that the authority of the author has been diminished in Amis's texts, in opposition to realist and modernist strategies, is the major concern of Dern. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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