Trump Fiction

Edited by Stephen Hock - Contributions by Joseph M. Conte; Clinton J. Craig; Caitlin R. Duffy; Shannon Finck; Susan Gilmore; Laura Gray-Rosendale; Ashleigh Hardin; Stephen Hock; Meredith James; Peter Kragh Jensen; Bruce Krajewski; Tim Lanzendörfer; Willia

Trump Fiction examines depictions of Donald Trump and his fictional avatars in literature, film, and television. Covering a range of texts and approaches, the essays in this collection analyze the place Trump has assumed in literary and popular culture before and during his presidency.

Introduction: Reading TrumpStephen HockPart I: The Cultural Prehistory of President TrumpChapter One: A Truly "Free" Psychopathology: Notes on TrumpspaceDavid MarkusChapter Two: Trump as "Daddy": American Psycho and Hero Worship in the Neoliberal EraCaitlin R. DuffyChapter Three: Nation Surface Mirror Psycho: A Fantasy of CoherenceClinton J. CraigChapter Four: "Is That Donald Trump's Car?": On the Trail of the Original American PsychoWilliam MagrinoChapter Five: Memorializing the Future of Donald Trump in Amy Waldman's The SubmissionStephen HockChapter Six: The Deep Web of Conspiracies: Under the Shadow of Trump Tower in Thomas Pynchon's Bleeding EdgeJoseph M. ConteChapter Seven: From Faithful Readers to Fake News: Thomas Pynchon, Trump, and the Return of the PostmodernWilliam G. WeltyChapter Eight: Trump Traces: Examining Donald Trump's Film and Television Cameos (1990-2004)Ashleigh HardinChapter Nine: Entitlement and Wealth: The Whiteness of Donald TrumpPeter Kragh JensenChapter Ten: Trump for Kids: Can You Tell Us How to Get a Grump off Sesame Street?Susan GilmorePart II: Trumpocalypse NowChapter Eleven: Howard Jacobson's Pussy and the Literary Hot TakeTim LanzendörferChapter Twelve: "Terminal Stupidity": Graft Zeppelin and Trump Sky AlphaBruce KrajewskiChapter Thirteen: Our Cartoon President and the Politics of LaughterSteven Rosendale and Laura Gray-RosendaleChapter Fourteen: "Nobody Wants to See That Fuckhead": Ball Culture and Donald Trump in FX's PoseMeredith JamesChapter Fifteen: Exhausting the Present: Twitter, Trump, and Engagement Fatigue in Olivia Laing's CrudoShannon FinckChapter Sixteen: "Be a Little Genrequeer": Rushdie's The Golden House in the Age of Post-TruthJaclyn Partyka