Editors:
- Argues against the notion that the novel is experiencing its demise
- Draws on actor-network theory to show how the novel is a network-of-networks
- Contributes to publishing studies, translation studies, adaptation studies as well as the Digital Humanities
Part of the book series: New Directions in Book History (NDBH)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The Novel as Network: Forms, Ideas, Commodities engages with the contemporary Anglophone novel and its derivatives and by-products such as graphic novels, comics, podcasts, and Quality TV. This collection investigates the meaning of the novel in the larger system of contemporary media production and (post-)print culture, viewing the novel through the lens of actor network theory as a node in the novel network. Chapters underscore the deep interconnection between all the aspects of the novel, between the novel as a (literary) form, as an idea, and as a commodity. Bringing together experts from American, British, and Postcolonial Studies, as well as Book, Publishing, and Media Studies, this collection offers a new vantage point to view the novel in its multifaceted expressions today.
Reviews
“Novel as Network is an astute and coherent series of essays on the forms, functions, and fortunes of the novel in the late age of print. With a productive use of network theory that brings together fresh perspectives from literary studies and book history, this collection shows how the contemporary novel is placed in varieties of markets, media, taste formations, and genres.” (Günter Leypoldt, Professorof American Literature, University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Editors and Affiliations
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Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Tim Lanzendörfer
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University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Corinna Norrick-Rühl
About the editors
Tim Lanzendörfer is Heisenberg Research Fellow for Literary Theory, Literary Studies, and the Communication of Literary Studies at Goethe University, Germany. He is the author most recently of Books of the Dead: Reading the Zombie in Contemporary Literature (2018).
Corinna Norrick-Rühl is Chair of Book Studies at the University of Münster, Germany. Her most recent publications are Book Clubs and Book Commerce (2019) and Internationaler Buchmarkt (2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Novel as Network
Book Subtitle: Forms, Ideas, Commodities
Editors: Tim Lanzendörfer, Corinna Norrick-Rühl
Series Title: New Directions in Book History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53409-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53408-0Published: 24 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53411-0Published: 25 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53409-7Published: 23 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-6117
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6125
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 327
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of the Book, Fiction, Digital Humanities, Adaptation Studies, Printing and Publishing