Exhaustion and Regeneration in Post-Millennial North-American Literature and Culture

Author: Julia Nikiel and Izabella Kimak Series: New Americanists in Poland

The essays included in this collection offer an overview of literary works, films, TV series, and visual art which reflect the current (post-)millennial fascination with theorizing ends and beginnings. Addressing a variety of media, the authors wonder at the ongoing spectacle of exhaustion and regeneration playing itself out on the American stage.

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The essays included in this collection offer an overview of literary works, films, TV series, and visual art which reflect the current (post-)millennial fascination with theorizing ends and beginnings. Addressing a variety of media, the authors wonder at the ongoing spectacle of exhaustion and regeneration playing itself out on the American stage.

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The essays included in this collection offer an overview of literary works, films, TV series, and visual art which reflect the current (post-)millennial fascination with theorizing ends and beginnings. The contributions intend to x-ray the most crucial aspects of contemporary North-American literature and culture. Addressing a variety of media, the authors of the essays gathered in the book wonder at the ongoing spectacle of exhaustion and regeneration which is playing itself out on the American stage.

About the Author

Julia Nikiel and Izabella Kimak work at the Department of American Literature and Culture at Maria-Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. They created and coordinate the ExRe(y) project and organize its biannual conferences.