Will Self and Contemporary British Society
Will Self and Contemporary British Society is a detailed and timely study of one of the most popular and controversial literary authors of our time and his engagement with a series of diverse yet interlinked themes. Self is renowned for juxtaposing the fa
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Will Self and Contemporary British Society
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Will Self and Contemporary British Society Graham Matthews Associate Professor in the Department of English, Culture and Communication at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Palgrave
macmillan
WILL SELF AND CONTEMPORARY BRITISH SOCIETY
© Graham Matthews 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978–1–137–48655–4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 New York, NY 10004–1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-69536-2 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–48656–1 DOI: 10.1057/9781137486561
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Matthews, Graham, 1984– author. Title: Will Self and contemporary British society / Graham Matthews. Description: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015037073 | Subjects: LCSH: Self, Will—Criticism and interpretation. Classification: LCC PR6069.E3654 Z77 2016 | DDC 823/.914—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015037073 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
Contents Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
vii
Introduction: ‘The Magus of the Quotidian’
1
1 ‘This Great Torrent of Verbiage’: Will Self and the Satirists
13
2 ‘The Unfailing Regularity of Dr Busner’: Will Self and the Psychiatrists
38
3 ‘These Artisans of the Body’: Will Self and the Doctors
69
4 ‘Fucking and Fighting’: Will Self and Gender
90
5 ‘A Psyche Available for Product Placement’: Will Self and Consumption
114
6 ‘Dissolving the Mechanised Matrix’: Will Self and Psychogeography
138
Notes
173
Bibliography
183
Index
190
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Acknowledgements I owe debts of gratitude to many people. I would like to thank Peter Cary and Paula Kennedy, my editors at Palgrave Macmillan, for overseeing the whole proces
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