Contemporary Literature and the End of the Novel

1. Introduction: After-Affects
Pieter Vermeulen

2. Persistent Affect
Tom McCarthy, David Shields, Lars Iyer

3. Abandoned Creatures
J. M. Coetzee

4. Cosmopolitan Dissociation
Teju Cole

5. Epic Failures
Dana Spiotta, Hari Kunzru, Russell Banks

6. Coda: The Descent of the Novel
James Meek

Nyckelord: Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Contemporary Literature, Literary History