Contemporary Fiction and the Ethics of Modern Culture

This book argues for the ethical relevancy of contemporary fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The writers discussed in "Contemporary Fiction and the Ethics of Modern Culture" pay close attention to the concrete realities of the everyday world, such as the feelings of isolation created in urban environments; the roles played by sports, drugs, advertising, and the media; and the widespread use of computer, telecommunication, and entertainment technologies.

Through reading novels by such writers as David Foster Wallace, Richard Powers, and Irvine Welsh, this book looks at how these works seek to transform the ways that readers live in the world.