shameless self-promotion

[KF]

I'm not even going to pretend that this is anything other than horn  
self-tooting:

My book, entitled _The Anxiety of Obsolescence:  The American Novel  
in the Age of Television_, has just been released.  (At least  
according to Amazon, who have switched their listing from "this book  
has not yet been released" to "usually ships within 4 to 6 weeks."   
It's possible that this means that the book is still, technically,  
forthcoming, but whatever.)  Mostly it focuses on Pynchon and  
DeLillo, with a concluding section on DFW, and Franzen floating  
around its edges.

There's more info, as well as excerpts (the introduction, the first  
chapter, and the introductory section of each subsequent chapter --  
as well as the bibliography and index, if you're into that kind of  
thing) on the book's website:  http://www.anxietyofobsolescence.com.   
The site is open for comments, and I'd love to hear from you guys  
about it, if you're of a mind.

--Kathleen

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor of English and Media Studies
Pomona College
http://www.dci.pomona.edu/~kfitzpatrick