Minor characters have their day: genre and the contemporary literary marketplace
Auteur :
Rosen, Jeremy
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231177443
Date de publication :
4 oct. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
510 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Jeremy Rosen traces the recent surge books that transform minor characters from canonical literary texts into the protagonists of new work. A genre that sought to recover the voices of marginalized individuals and groups has begun to embody the neoliberal commitments of subjective experience, individual expression, and agency.