Bret Easton Ellis's Controversial Fiction

Writing Between High and Low Culture

Sonia Baelo-Allué (Author)
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Bret Easton Ellis's Controversial Fiction

Writing Between High and Low Culture

Sonia Baelo-Allué (Author)
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Acknowledgements \ 1. Introduction \ PART I: BETWEEN THE HIGH AND THE LOW \ 2. The Low: Ellis in the Celebrity World \ 3. The High: Ellis in the Literary Field \ PART II: LESS THAN ZERO (1985) \ 4. The Reception of Less Than Zero \ 5. The Use of Mass Culture and Mass Media in the Novel \ 6. The Aesthetics of a Blank, Coming-of-age Novel \ PART III: AMERICAN PSYCHO (1991) \ 7. The Reception of American Psycho\ 8. The Use of Popular, Mass and Consumer Culture \ 9. The Aesthetics of Serial Killing \ PART IV: GLAMORAMA (1998) \ 10. The Reception of Glamorama \ 11. The Use of Celebrity Culture and the Novel of Manners \ 12. The Aesthetics of the Impossible Conspiracy Thriller \ PART V: NEW PATHS? \ 13. Lunar Park (2005): The Turning Point? \14. Imperial Bedrooms (2010): Coming Full Circle \ Works Cited \ Index

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 21 Apr 2011
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 240
ISBN 9781441107916
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Continuum Literary Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Sonia Baelo-Allué

Sonia Baelo-Allué is a lecturer at the Department…

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  • 'A balanced, thoughtful and fair-minded study of the critical reception of Ellis's work, exploring his status as serious contemporary writer, alongside his reputation as a sensationalist (and misogynist) trouble-maker. Baelo-Allué's examination of the shallow surfaces and schizophrenic self-awareness of his work is subtle, informed and extremely well-judged - this is unquestionably the most thorough and wide-ranging study of Ellis's oeuvre to date.'

    Alan Bilton, Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Swansea University, UK

  • Winner of the 2011 Enrique García Diez book award for literary research - Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies

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