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
