Books written by Timothy Bewes

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  Cynicism and Postmodernity

  In this original and provocative book, Timothy Bewes descends into the modern cynical consciousness with a critical assessment of the preoccupations of contemporary society.

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  The Event of Postcolonial Shame

  In this book, Timothy Bewes argues that shame is a dominant temperament in twentieth-century literature, and the key to understanding the ethics and aesthetics of the contemporary world.

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  Free Indirect: The Novel in a Postfictional Age

  A discussion of Kelman's 1984 novel The Busconductor Hines by the Warwick Research Collective (WReC) presents a compelling alternative reading of Kelman's oeuvre, one that attempts to preserve the chronotopic principle of “commentary” ...

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  Reification, Or, The Anxiety of Late Capitalism

  The concept of reification helps describe the effects of capitalism on the human world.

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  Reification: or The Anxiety of Late Capitalism

  Eschewing this trend, Timothy Bewes opens up a new formulation of the concept, claiming that, in the highly reflective age of "late capitalism," reification is best understood as a form of social and cultural anxiety: further, that such an ...

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  The Contemporary Novel: Imagining the Twenty-First Century

  This special issue argues that our cultural moment marks a point of crisis and transition in the history of the novel.