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Lad Trouble Masculinity and Identity in the British Male Confessional Novel of the 1990s

In the 1990s, the male confessional novel, most prominently represented by Nick Hornby (»High Fidelity«), but also by writers such as Tim Lott (»White City Blue«) and Mike Gayle (»My Legendary Girlfriend«), articulated the structure of feeling of the male generation in their late twenties/early-to-m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ochsner, Andrea (Autor, Verfasser)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2015
Colección:Cultural Studies 35
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter 1Table of Contents 5Acknowledgements 7Preface 9Introduction: The Structure of Feeling in the 1990s 19Changing Narratives
  • Changing Societies 39Confessional Writing: The (Re)Construction of a Literary Genre 81Cultural Studies and Popular Culture: Struggling with a Problem Child 117Introduction 155Structures of Obsessions 159Structures of Non-Commitments 235Structures of Prolonged Adolescence 275Conclusion 339Epilogue: The Lad Lit Project 345Appendix: Interview with Nick Hornby 357Bibliography 369