Title The waste fix : seizures of the sacred from Upton Sinclair to the Sopranos / William G. Little

Published New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource Series Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. Contents Waste expectations -- Naturalism's shambling figure -- Joint anxiety -- Shit fits -- Blank posturing -- Sham(ble) fiction -- Melville's (un)flinching faith -- Nothing to go on : Paul Auster's cracked case -- Catching a break -- Nothing doing -- Absent-minded hunger -- Firing blanks -- (Mis)spelling disaster: faith in white noise -- Dis-astrologic -- Garbage disposal -- Void where prohibited -- Trash recollection -- Figuring out Mark Leyner : a waste of time -- The rush of the scandalous -- The warped writer -- The art of dispatch -- Putting off -- Backfire III : Hitting on The Sopranos Summary First published in 2002. This book explores the philosophical, social, and aesthetic implications of twentieth-century America's obsession with eliminating waste. Through interdisciplinary engagement with fiction and popular culture, William Little traces the way this obsession finds expression in powerful social forces (e.g., the drive to consume conspicuously; the Progressive-era campaign to manage scientifically; the current demand to "reduce, reuse, recycle"), and shows how such forces are governed by an idealism that links proper treatment of waste with the promise of salvation Subject Auster, Paul, 1947- -- Criticism and interpretation Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. Jungle. Leyner, Mark -- Criticism and interpretation DeLillo, Don. White noise SUBJECT Auster, Paul, 1947- fast Leyner, Mark fast Sopranos (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00012458 White noise (DeLillo, Don) fast Jungle (Sinclair, Upton) fast Sopranos (Television program) fast Subject American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Waste (Economics) in literature. Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States Refuse and refuse disposal in literature. Consumption (Economics) in literature. LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. American fiction Consumption (Economics) in literature Postmodernism (Literature) Refuse and refuse disposal in literature Waste (Economics) in literature United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203819951 0203819950 9781136746833 1136746838 9781136746796 113674679X 9781136746840 1136746846

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