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Zusatztext ... readers should appreciate the series' clear purpose and excellent essays. The series is a welcome addition to scholarship. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. Informationen zum Autor Naomi Mandel is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Rhode Island, USA. Klappentext Collection of new critical essays on Bret Easton Ellis, focusing on his later novels: American Psycho (1991), Glamorama (1999), and Lunar Park (2005).> Vorwort Collection of new critical essays on Bret Easton Ellis, focusing on his later novels: American Psycho (1991), Glamorama (1999), and Lunar Park (2005). Zusammenfassung A collection of critical essays on the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis, examining the novels of his mature period: "American Psycho" (1991), "Glamorama" (1999), and "Lunar Park" (2005). It also examines the alchemy of acclaim and disdain that accrues to Ellis, and reviews the literary and artistic significance of his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface \ Introduction \ Part I: American Psycho (1991) \ Introduction \ 1. Violence, Ethics, and the Rhetoric of Decorum in American Psycho , Michael P. Clark (University of California, Irvine, USA) \ 2. American Psycho , Hamlet , and Existential Psychosis, Alex E. Blazer (Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, USA) \ 3. 'The Soul of this Man is His Clothes': Violence and Fashion in American Psycho , Elana Gomel (Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel) \ Part II: Glamorama (1999) \ Introduction \ 4. "‘It's Really Me': Intermediality and Constructed Identities in Glamorama ", Sonia Baelo-Allué (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) \ 5. The Unusual Suspects: Celebrity, Conspiracy, and Objective Violence in Glamorama , David Schmid (University at Buffalo, USA) \ 6. "Merely Political": Glam Terrorism and Celebrity Politics in Bret Easton Ellis' Glamorama , Arthur Redding (York University, Toronto, Canada) \ Part III: Lunar Park (2005) \ Introduction \ 7. "An awfully good impression": truth and testimony in Lunar Park , Jeff Karnicky (Drake University, Des Moines, USA) \ 8. What's in a name? Double exposures in Lunar Park , Henrik Skov Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) \ 9. Brand Ellis: celebrity authorship in Lunar Park , James Annesley (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) \ Further Reading \ Notes on Contributors \ Index ...
