What was New Sincerity?
In New Sincerity: American Fiction in the Neoliberal Age (Stanford University Press, 2024), Adam Kelly offers a field- defining account of American fiction in the 1990s and 2000s, addressing the work of influential authors including Susan Choi, Helen DeWitt, Jennifer Egan, George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, and David Foster Wallace. This seminar will involve reading pre-circulated copies of the introduction and conclusion to the book, and a discussion with the author.
Date:
14 November 2024, 16:45 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue:
Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details:
Downstairs Seminar Room
Speaker:
Adam Kelley (University College Dublin)
Organising department:
Faculty of English Language and Literature
Organisers:
Professor Nicholas Gaskill (University of Oxford),
Professor Nicole King (University of Oxford)
Part of:
American Literature Research Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Katy Terry,
Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu
