Download or read book Contemporary Fiction and the Uses of Theory written by Michael Greaney and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This topical study examines the novelizations of radical literary theory in the work of A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Umberto Eco, John Fowles, Richard Powers, and many other leading novelists. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the post-theoretical novel and traces an alternative history of the theory revolution in the pages of recent literary fiction.