{"title":"Mark McGurl","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark McGurl explores the vibrant intersections of literature, culture, and society with keen insight and rigorous analysis. His works delve into the ways narrative shapes our understanding of contemporary life, offering thoughtful reflections that invite readers to rethink the boundaries of literary study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Arts \u0026amp; Culture landscape, McGurl’s books like \u003cem\u003eEverything and Less\u003c\/em\u003e challenge conventional ideas, blending scholarship with accessible prose. Readers can expect a stimulating engagement with the evolving forms and meanings of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"everything-and-less-by-mark-mcgurl-9781839763854","title":"Everything and Less","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the story goes: Jeff Bezos left a lucrative job to start something new in Seattle only after a deeply affecting reading of Kazuo Ishiguro’s \u003ci\u003eRemains of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e. But if a novel gave us Amazon.com, what has Amazon meant for the novel?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEverything and Less\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl discovers a dynamic scene of cultural experimentation in literature, with a confidence that rivals modernism. Its innovations have little to do with how the novel is written and more to do with how it’s distributed online. On the internet, all fiction becomes genre fiction, which is simply another way to predict customer satisfaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an eye on the longer history of the novel, this witty, acerbic book tells a story that connects Henry James to E.L. James, Faulkner and Hemingway to contemporary romance, science fiction, and fantasy writers. Reclaiming several works of self-published fiction from the gutter of complete critical disregard, it stages a copernican revolution in how we understand the world of letters: it’s the stuff of high literature – Colson Whitehead, Don DeLillo, and Amitav Ghosh – that revolve around the star of countless unknown writers trying to forge a career by untraditional means, Adult Baby Diaper Lover erotica being just one fortuitous route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn opening the floodgates of popular literary expression as never before, the Age of Amazon shows a democratic promise, as well as what it means when literary culture becomes corporate culture in the broadest, but also deepest and most troubling, sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424100073708,"sku":"9781839763854","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839763854.jpg?v=1774769158"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mark-mcgurl.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}