Ebook: The Novel as Network: Forms, Ideas, Commodities
- Tags: Literature, History of the Book, Fiction, Digital Humanities, Movie and TV Adaptations, Printing and Publishing
- Series: New Directions in Book History
- Year: 2020
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Language: English
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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.