Joseph Bottum: The Decline of the Novel

Cover: 9781587311987 | The Decline of the Novel | Joseph Bottum | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch

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"The novel has lost its purpose, Joseph Bottum argues in this fascinating new look at the history of fiction. We have not transcended our need for what novels provide, but we no longer "read novels the way we used to." In a historical tour de force--the kind of sweeping analysis almost lost to contemporary literary criticism--Bottum traces the emergence of the novel from the modern religious formation of the individual soul and the atomized self. Reading everything from Jane Austen to genre fiction, Bottum finds a lack of faith in the ability of art to respond to the deep problems of existence. "The decline of the novel's prestige reflects and confirms a genuine cultural crisis," he writes. "The novel didn't fail us. We failed the novel." Told in faced-paced, engaging prose, Bottum's The Decline of the Novel is a succinct critique of classic and contemporary fiction--a must read for students of literary form, critics of contemporary art, and general readers who wish to learn, finally, what we all used to know: the deep moral purpose of reading novels." --back cover of book

Über den Autor

Joseph Bottum is one of the nation's most widely ranging thinkers, with hundreds of essays, reviews, poems, and short stories in publications from the Atlantic to the Washington Post. his books include the sociological study, An Anxious Age, and Christopher Award-winning children's verse. his popular writing extends to obituaries in The Times of London and #1- bestselling sports essays in Amazon's Kindle singles series, with lyrics performed by singers from Nashville to Carnegie hall. A native of south Dakota, Bottum holds a ph.D. in philosophy and currently directs the Classics Institute, a think-tank at Dakota state university for the study of cyber-ethics.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika , Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781587311987
ISBN-10:	1587311984
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Bottum, Joseph
Hersteller:	St. Augustine's Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	231 x 157 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Joseph Bottum
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.12.2019
Gewicht:	0,376 kg

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