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Contemporary Fiction and the Uses of Theory: The Novel From Stururalism to Postmodernism

Michael Greaney

PublishedAug 25, 2006
LanguageEnglish

This topical study examines the 'novelizations' of radical literary theory in the work of A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Umberto Eco, John Fowles, Richard Powers and many other leading novelists. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the 'post-theoretical novel', and traces an alternative history of the 'theory revolution' in recent literary fiction.