Jonathan Lethem and the Galaxy of Writing av Dr Joseph (Birkbeck University of London UK) Brooker

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Author of <i>Motherless Brooklyn</i> and <i>The Fortress of Solitude</i>, Jonathan Lethem is one of the most celebrated and significant American writers working today. This new scholarly study draws on a deep knowledge of all Lethem¿s work to explore the range of his writing, from his award-winning fiction to his work in comics and criticism. Reading Lethem in relation to five themes crucial to his work, Joseph Brooker considers influence and intertextuality; the role of genres such as crime, science fiction and the Western; the imaginative production of worlds; superheroes and comic book traditions; and the representation of New York City. Close readings of Lethem¿s fiction are contextualized by reference to broader conceptual and comparative frames, as well as to Lethem¿s own voluminous non-fictional writing and his adaptation of precursors from Franz Kafka to Raymond Chandler. Rich in critical insight, <i>Jonathan Lethem and the Galaxy of Writing</i> demonstrates how an understandin