Beschreibung:
Robert Duggan is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Central Lancashire
This book shows how the grotesque continues to be a powerful force in contemporary British writing and provides an illuminating picture of often controversial aspects of recent fiction.
Introduction1. The contemporary British grotesque2. Angela Carter: The play's the thing3. Martin Amis: The limits of comedy4. Ian McEwan: Below the waves5. Iain Banks: Improbable possibilities6. Will Self: Under the influence7. Toby Litt: Haunted by the grotesqueConclusionIndex