Ben Lerner, Edges of Genre
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- ISBN 9781032993027
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 May 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Ben Lerner, Edges of Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Artistic Collaborations is the first comprehensive academic study of a major contemporary author. Praised by The New York Times as “the most talented writer of his generation,” Lerner has often been read separately as poet or novelist, yet his work consistently transcends traditional boundaries.
This groundbreaking volume, co-edited by Yannicke Chupin and Karim Daanoune, foregrounds Lerner's practice of "generic dialogism," exploring the dynamic interplay between lyric and narrative, poetry and fiction, criticism and artistic collaboration. Gathering fourteen chapters from leading international scholars, alongside Lerner's own unpublished piece Erring Together, the book offers a sustained, cross-generic reading of his oeuvre.
It is the first study to situate Lerner's work within the broader field of contemporary intermedial writing, making it essential reading for scholars, students, and readers interested in the evolving landscape of twenty-first-century literature.
Yannicke Chupin is Associate Professor at CY Cergy Paris Université, specializing in North American literature and metafiction in 21st-century writing. She has published books on Vladimir Nabokov and edited Mutations of Metafiction (Revue Française d'Études Américaines, 2019).
Karim Daanoune is Associate Professor of American Literature at Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, focusing on Contemporary North American and Arab American literature. He authored a monograph on Don DeLillo (Atlande 2015) and edited Home and Homeland in Contemporary Arab American Literatures (Revue Française d'Études Américaines, 2022).
