The Waste Fix: Seizures of the Sacred from Upton Sinclair to the Sopranos
Author:   William G. Little
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   190
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
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Author:   William G. Little
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138986930


ISBN 10:   1138986933
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Backfire I: Waste Expectations Chapter One: Naturalism's Shambling Figure 1. Joint Anxiety 2. Shit Fits 3. Blank Posturing 4. Sham(ble) Fiction Backfire II: Melville's (Un)flinching Faith Chapter Two: Nothing to Go On: Paul Auster's Cracked Case 1.Fast Break 2. Nothing Doing 3. Absent-Minded Hunger 4. Firing Blanks Chapter Three: (Mis)Spelling Disaster: Faith in White Noise 1. Dis-astrologic 2. Garbage Disposal 3. Void Where Prohibited 4. Trash Recollection Chapter Four: Figuring Out Mark Leyner: A Waste of Time 1. The Rush of the Scandalous 2. The Warped Writer 3. The Art of Dispatch 4. Putting Off Backfire III: Hitting on The Sopranos Bibliography Index

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American culture is caught in a tension between the celebration of waste as conspicuous consumption and the abhorrence of waste, lingering from our Puritan foundation. Little suggests that American culture tries to resolve this tension through prudent 'waste management' transforming and recycling where possible, or casting out the polluted other that cannot be integrated within the culture. Yet, Little argues, there is always a troubling remainder, which he calls 'virtual waste.' His study is an examination of the production of virtual waste in selected twentieth-century American texts. Brief Mention, American Literature Sept. 2003.


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