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Often dismissed as sensationalist, transgressive fiction is a sophisticated movement with roots in Menippean satire and the Rabelaisian carnal folk sensibility praised by Bakhtin. This study, the first of its kind, provides a thorough literary background and analysis of key transgressive authors such as Acker, Amis, Carter, Ellis, and Palahniuk.

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1. Criminal Rehabilitation: Introduction 2. Enemies of the State: The Atavistic Mock Epic 3. Liminal Intent: Nabokov and Burroughs 4. A History of Violence: From Satire to Transgression 5. Sex Offenders: Stranger than Fiction 6. False Pretenses: The Antisocial Hero

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Robin Mookerjee is Co-Chair of Literary Studies at Eugene Lang College, the New School for the Liberal Arts, USA. He has been a faculty member at Eugene Lang College since 2000, playing a key role in curriculum development. He is the author of Identity and Society in American Poetry (2008) and regularly publishes reviews, criticism, and poetry. His work explores the intellectual backgrounds of contemporary life, literature, and culture.

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