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  1. Addiction, Representation and the Experimental Novel, 19852015
    Author: Diehl, Heath A.
    Published: 2020; ©2021
    Publisher:  Anthem Press, London

    The book analyzes the practices and politics of reading the experimental addiction novel, and outlines both a practice and an ethics of reading that advocates for a more compassionate response to addicts than the Western realistic novel traditionally... more

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    The book analyzes the practices and politics of reading the experimental addiction novel, and outlines both a practice and an ethics of reading that advocates for a more compassionate response to addicts than the Western realistic novel traditionally has offered. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- About The Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Bearing Witness: leaving las Vegas (1990) -- Taking the Addict's Voice -- Reclaiming the Addict's Voice -- Listening to the Addict -- Learning from the Addict -- Blacking Out -- Bearing Witness -- Finding Beauty in the Ruins -- Chapter 2 Betraying: Dope (2006) -- A "Woman Set between Contending Forces" -- "I'd Been Places, and Far Too Many of Them" -- (Not) "in a Realm of Deferred Repentance" -- "Poor, Invisible Nadine" -- A Powerful Reimagining of the Noir Form -- Chapter 3 Gaslighting: The Girl On The Train (2015) -- "I Am Not the Girl I Used to Be" -- "Do You Know How Idiotic […] Damien Felt?" -- "Please, Rachel. You've Got to Sort Yourself Out." -- "Something Happened. Something Bad." -- "Everything Is a Lie" -- A Figure for Readers' Own Identity -- Chapter 4 Transgressing: Less Than Zero (1985) -- Black Neon: Exploitative Self-Flagellation -- Transgressive Fiction: The New as Shocking -- Less Than Zero as Transgressive -- Only Stubble: The Mirror as Site of Self-Examination -- Compassionate Listening -- Chapter 5 Disorienting: The Orange Eats Creeps (2010) -- Deformation of Language -- Inconsistency of Tropes -- Disorientation of Readers -- Awakening of Compassion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781785276156
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Subjects: Experimental fiction-History and criticism; Compulsive behavior in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (155 pages)
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  2. Addiction, representation and the experimental novel, 1985-2015
    Author: Diehl, Heath A.
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Anthem Press, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781785276149; 178527614X; 9781785276156; 1785276158
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    Subjects: Addicts in literature; Compulsive behavior in literature; Experimental fiction; Fiction; Fiction
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (168 Seiten)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Introduction -- Chapter 1 Bearing Witness: leaving las Vegas (1990) -- Taking the Addict's Voice -- Reclaiming the Addict's Voice -- Listening to the Addict -- Learning from the Addict -- Blacking Out -- Bearing Witness -- Finding Beauty in the Ruins -- Chapter 2 Betraying: Dope (2006) -- A "Woman Set between Contending Forces" -- "I'd Been Places, and Far Too Many of Them" -- (Not) "in a Realm of Deferred Repentance" -- "Poor, Invisible Nadine" -- A Powerful Reimagining of the Noir Form -- Chapter 3 Gaslighting: The Girl On The Train (2015) -- "I Am Not the Girl I Used to Be" -- "Do You Know How Idiotic [...] Damien Felt?"

    "Please, Rachel. You've Got to Sort Yourself Out." -- "Something Happened. Something Bad." -- "Everything Is a Lie" -- A Figure for Readers' Own Identity -- Chapter 4 Transgressing: Less Than Zero (1985) -- Black Neon: Exploitative Self-Flagellation -- Transgressive Fiction: The New as Shocking -- Less Than Zero as Transgressive -- Only Stubble: The Mirror as Site of Self-Examination -- Compassionate Listening -- Chapter 5 Disorienting: The Orange Eats Creeps (2010) -- Deformation of Language -- Inconsistency of Tropes -- Disorientation of Readers -- Awakening of Compassion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.