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020			_a9781839763854 _c(hbk)
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100			_aMcGurl, Mark
245			_aEverything and less : the novel in the age of Amazon
260			_bVerso Books, _c2021 _aLondon :
300			_axix, 314 p. ; _c24 cm. _bill.,
365			_b20.00 _c£ _d117.39
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aE-commerce
650			_aAmazon.com
650			_aFirm
650			_aFiction Authorship
650			_aFiction Publishing
650			_aLiterary studies and criticism
650			_aBooks and Reading
650			_aComparative Literature
650			_aSelf-publishing
650			_aLiterary theory
650			_aElectronic publishing
650			_aJeff Bezos, 1994 -
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