Crunch Lit

Informationen zum Autor Katy Shaw is Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her previous publications include David Peace: Texts and Contexts and Mining the Meaning: Cultural Representations of the 1984-5 UK Miners' Strike . Vorwort The first critical guide to the new genre of "crunch lit" surveys how contemporary writers have dealt with the 2008 financial crisis. Zusammenfassung The financial crisis of 2008 quickly gave rise to a growing body of fiction: "crunch lit". Populated by a host of unsympathetic characters and centred around banking institutions, these 'recession writings' take the financial crisis as their central narrative concern to produce a new wave of literary and popular writings that satirise the origins and effects of modern life, consumer culture and the credit boom. Examining a range of texts from such writers as John Lanchester, Jonathan Franzen, Don DeLillo, Sebastian Faulks and Bret Easton Ellis, this book offers the first wide-ranging guide to this new genre. Exploring the key themes of the genre and its antecedents in fictional representations of finance by the likes of Dickens, Conrad, Zola and Trollope, Crunch Lit also includes a timeline of key historical events, guides to further and online resources and biographies of key authors. Supported by online resources, the book is an essential read for students of 21st century literature and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Politics of 21st Century Genre Fiction \ 1. Financial Times \ 2. The Death of the City \ 3. City Boys \ 4. Recessionistas \ Glossary of Key Terms \ Further Reading and Online Resources \ Index.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Katy (Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Literature Shaw, Katy Shaw, Katy (Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Literature Shaw, Shaw Katy
• Assisted by: Katy Shaw (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2015
• EAN: 9781472506306
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-0630-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: 21st Century Genre Fiction; 21st Century Genre Fiction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, Literaturwissenschaft: ab 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form