{"product_id":"9798216372639","title":"Literary Manifestations of Metamodernism Contemporary English-Language Fiction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Metamodernism: Theory and Criticism across the Disciplines\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLiterary Manifestations of Metamodernism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eContemporary English-Language Fiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMagdalena Sawa | Linda C. Ceriello | Joanna Klara Teske | Timotheus Vermeulen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of literary essays investigating how diverse aspects of metamodernism manifest in 21st-century English-language fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors whose essays are collected in the volume analyze how various theories of metamodernism apply to contemporary fiction and thereby encourage readers to critically engage with this cultural phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003eThe collection opens with a discussion of the original construal of metamodernism proposed by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker and its subsequent development by other theorists, and closes with two polemical essays asking questions about the name and status of the new cultural movement as well as its relation to postmodernism – its direct predecessor.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Manifestations of Metamodernism\u003c\/i\u003e allows for a new appreciation of various aspects of contemporary fiction – such as its thematics (e.g. ethical concern with social justice and care, ecology, the real, the sense of engagement) and its form (e.g. metafiction, complex narrative structure, autofiction, hopeful tone)–while reinforcing metamodernism as a promising phenomenon that takes advantage of postmodern heritage yet surpasses it to explore the responsibility humans bear for socially-constructed reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagdalena Sawa \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Klara Teske\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English Literature and Culture at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216372639\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340105171084,"sku":"9798216372639","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a5d40368-e460-4324-ad01-25c199172b02.jpg?v=1788035105","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216372639","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}