The Literature of Waste

[Nicole Bennett]

I have this book and, as an English lit. academic interested in discard
studies, use it often in my research. Unfortunately, the author overlooks
the centrality of waste in books like *The Crying of Lot 49* and *Gravity's
Rainbow* (she works mostly on medieval literature). There is some
interesting stuff on more recent authors (Beckett, Calvino, Eliot
[obviously]), but I also found the style of the book to be a bit haphazard
for my tastes. It's more of an observation of the different ways the
concept of waste functions across a vast range of literature. Definitely a
great reference, though, for those who can afford it. Academic books are so
stubbornly and frustratingly pricey.

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