Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture examines distinctive literary, musical, and cinematic narratives that seek to inspire critical thought and conduct through provocation. From Gogol's Dead Souls to Salinger's Franny and Zooey , Phillips argues liminal narratives offer an antidote to the modern commodification of the self.

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Thomas Phillips is an English Lecturer at North Carolina State University, USA.

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Book Title: Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture
Book Subtitle: The Politics of Self-Development
Authors: Thomas Phillips
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137548771
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55081-1Published: 22 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54877-1Published: 16 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 201
Topics: European Literature, Literary Theory, North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary History, British and Irish Literature

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