American literature and the long downturn: neoliberal apocalypse
Auteur :
Sinykin, Dan
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198852704
Date de publication :
4 mars 2020
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
370 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume studies how the economic crisis of the 1970s and the rise of neoliberalism established the conditions for a contemporary American literary form: the neoliberal apocalypse. It reveals how contemporary American cultural and literary narratives have been shaped by the widespread tendency to see our present as apocalyptic.