Consolation has always played an uncomfortable part in the literary history of loss. But in
recent decades its affective meanings and ethical implications have been recast by …

Postmodernism has been characterized by a reductive presentism that suppresses
historicity and neglects the possibility of the future. If we have seen a shift from …

It is often argued that postmodernism has been succeeded by a new dominant cultural logic.
We conceive of this new logic as metamodernism. Whilst some twenty-first century texts still …

Postdigital Storytelling offers a groundbreaking re-evaluation of one of the most dynamic
and innovative areas of creativity today: digital storytelling. Central to this reassessment is …

Some philosophers contend that to effectively address problems such our global
environmental crisis, humans must collectively embrace a polyphonic, environmentalist …

In the past twenty years, the continued relevance of the term postmodernism for literary
studies has increasingly been called into question. In the wake of this re-evaluation of …

Metafiction has long been associated with the heyday of literary postmodernism-with a
certain sense of irresponsibility, political apathy, or outright nihilism. Yet, if (as is now widely …

This article will analyse two of Ali Smith's latest books, Artful (2012) and How to Be Both
(2014), through the lenses of metamodernism and the return of the 'real'to fiction. It analyses …

Full article: The importance of being earnest again: fact and fiction in contemporary narratives
across media Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online homepage Taylor and Francis …

This introduction identifies ontological uncertainty as a key concept for the study of
contemporary fiction. From climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic, the present moment …