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245 10 a| Contemporary American fiction and cultures of self-help /c| Gillian Moore.;

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490 1 a| Cambridge studies in twenty-first-century literature and culture;

505 0 a| Introduction : 'Change all aspects of our lives' -- 'An hortation' : authority and advice in the work of David Foster Wallace -- 'Unmitigated' self-improvement : leaders, slogans, and grassroots psychology in the work of Paul Beatty -- 'Working on things' : measured, managed, and muddled time in the writing lives of Tao Lin and Myriam Gurba -- Getting writing done : Sheila Heti's dramas of productive and reproductive time -- 'We're chemistry. That's what we are' : body-brain transformation in the work of Benjamin Kunkel, Miranda July, and Alexandra Kleeman -- Coda : 'All that you touch / you change' : speculative self-help and ecologies of agency.;

520 a| "Offers a unique look at the charged relationships between contemporary fiction and self-help culture. It explores how writers including David Foster Wallace, Tao Lin, and Alexandra Kleeman take critical and creative inspiration from commencement speeches, anti-racist selfhelp, time-management productivity manuals, and brain-body change programs"-- Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

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Contemporary American fiction and cultures of self-help / Gillian Moore.

Author/creator	Moore, Gillian author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	ix, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Self-help techniques in literature. American fiction--21st century. --History and criticism. American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.

Series	Cambridge studies in twenty-first-century literature and culture Cambridge studies in twenty-first-century literature and culture. ^A1431564
Contents	Introduction : 'Change all aspects of our lives' -- 'An hortation' : authority and advice in the work of David Foster Wallace -- 'Unmitigated' self-improvement : leaders, slogans, and grassroots psychology in the work of Paul Beatty -- 'Working on things' : measured, managed, and muddled time in the writing lives of Tao Lin and Myriam Gurba -- Getting writing done : Sheila Heti's dramas of productive and reproductive time -- 'We're chemistry. That's what we are' : body-brain transformation in the work of Benjamin Kunkel, Miranda July, and Alexandra Kleeman -- Coda : 'All that you touch / you change' : speculative self-help and ecologies of agency.
Abstract	"Offers a unique look at the charged relationships between contemporary fiction and self-help culture. It explores how writers including David Foster Wallace, Tao Lin, and Alexandra Kleeman take critical and creative inspiration from commencement speeches, anti-racist selfhelp, time-management productivity manuals, and brain-body change programs"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Moore, Gillian Contemporary American fiction and cultures of self-help New York : Cambridge University Press, 2025 9781009438520
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781009438520
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
LCCN	2025002284
ISBN	9781009438490
ISBN	1009438492 hardcover
ISBN	9781009438476 paperback
ISBN	1009438476 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

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