Scandalous Fictions

This study re-examines the twentieth-century novel as a form shaped by its problematic, often scandalous relation to the public sphere. Discussing ten texts against the challenges of their milieus, it considers twentieth-century fiction as a tradition of transgression, perennially caught between license and licentiousness, erudition and sedition.

Dezvoltat de razboaie mondiale si razboaie reci, atrocitati si genociduri, secolul al XX-lea a fost, de asemenea, una dintre revolutiile sexuale, culturale si ideologice, fiecare inscrisa in fictiunile pe care le-a produs. Acest nou volum fascinant reexamineaza romanul secolului al XX-lea ca o forma modelata de relatia sa problematica, adesea scandaloasa cu sfera publica.