Everything and less : the novel in the age of Amazon (Record no. 34797)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781839763854 |
| Terms of availability | (hbk) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 808.3 |
| Item number | MCG |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McGurl, Mark |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Everything and less : the novel in the age of Amazon |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Verso Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2021 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 314 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| Other physical details | ill., |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 20.00 |
| Price type code | £ |
| Unit of pricing | 117.39 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In Everything and Less, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl discovers a dynamic scene of literary experimentation in an unlikely location: in the realms of self-publishing created by Amazon. Reclaiming several works of self-published fiction from the abyss of critical disregard, McGurl offers a Copernican revolution in the world of letters: rather than giving central importance to the critically lionized highbrows-Colson Whitehead, Don DeLillo, Elena Ferrante, and Amitav Ghosh, among others-he discovers that their fiction orbits countless unknown authors forging a career through untraditional means. As the story goes: Jeff Bezos left a lucrative job to start something new in Seattle only after a deeply affecting reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day. But if a novel gave usAmazon.com, what has Amazon meant for the novel? In Everything and Less, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl discovers a dynamic scene of cultural experimentation in literature, with a confidence that rivals modernism. Its innovations have little to do with how the novel is written and more to do with how it's distributed online. On the internet, all fiction becomes genre fiction, which is simply another way to predict customer satisfaction.With an eye on the longer history of the novel, this witty, acerbic book tells a story that connects Henry James to E.L. James, Faulkner and Hemingway to contemporary romance, science fiction and fantasy writers. Reclaiming several works of self-published fiction from the gutter of complete critical disregard, it stages a copernican revolution in how we understand the world of letters: it's the stuff of high literature - Colson Whitehead, Don DeLillo, and Amitav Ghosh - that revolve around the star of countless unknown writers trying to forge a career by untraditional means, Adult Baby Diaper Lover erotica being just one fortuitous route. In opening the floodgates of popular literary expression as never before, the Age of Amazon shows a democratic promise, as well as what it means when literary culture becomes corporate culture in the broadbest but also deepest and most troubling sense.-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | E-commerce |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Amazon.com |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction Authorship |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction Publishing |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Literary studies and criticism |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Books and Reading |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Comparative Literature |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Self-publishing |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Literary theory |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electronic publishing |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Jeff Bezos, 1994 - |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | DAU | DAU | 03/11/2025 | BBC | 2347.80 | 808.3 MCG | 036265 | 10/11/2025 | Books |