{"product_id":"failure-the-humble-narrative-of-unsuccessfulness-in-late-modernist-fiction-british-irish-and-postcolonial-novels-and-stories-9783631826324","title":"Failure: The Humble Narrative of Unsuccessfulness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFailure as a pervasive occurrence in life has rarely been investigated by sociology, even though the collapse of plans, unattainability of goals and breakdown of vital relationships are ordinary experiences. The study of early-21st-century fiction reveals that imaginative literature at present explores the lacunae of failure, disillusionment and collapse as central narrative themes. About fifty years after Samuel Beckett, in whose works the failing of expression became a major concern, postmillennial narratives expose disruption or defeat as subject matter and literary trope. Unheroic failure as a motif makes its variegated appearance in diverse areas of human life such as love, religion, art, and social community. The narratives explore it as the individual’s participation in common humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Cultural Context of the Failure Theme in\u003cbr\u003eFiction, and the Purpose of this Study \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI. Human Failure \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eNarrative Identity and Failure in Short Fiction \u003cbr\u003eFailure in the Novel: A Small Tale, Generally of Love \u003cbr\u003eThe Trivial, and the Novel as ‘a Small Tale’ \u003cbr\u003ePersonal Failure and the Political (I): Irish Fictions \u003cbr\u003eFailure and the Observance of the Ordinary \u003cbr\u003ePersonal and the Political (II): Postcolonial \u003cbr\u003eResults: Failure, Identity, and the Ordinary \u003cbr\u003eTransitional Section: Failing Aspirations of Humanism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eII. Failure and the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Failing Artist in a Short Story Cycle \u003cbr\u003eThe Fictional Artist and His Failing in the Novel \u003cbr\u003eIntermediate Results \u003cbr\u003ePartial Failure: Divergence of Art and Life \u003cbr\u003eFailure and Triumph of the Fictional Artist in the Novel: A Paradox \u003cbr\u003eIrony and Black Humour: Artistic Failure vs. Celebrity \u003cbr\u003eSuccess and Failure in 21st-Century Biofictions \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044497555799,"sku":"9783631826324","price":47.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631826324.jpg?v=1750961815","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/failure-the-humble-narrative-of-unsuccessfulness-in-late-modernist-fiction-british-irish-and-postcolonial-novels-and-stories-9783631826324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}