City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 6-2016 Both Into and Out of the Cage: New Media, Transgression, and the Remaking of American Literary Connection, 1975-1999 Casey Henry Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1220 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact:
[email protected] BOTH INTO AND OUT OF THE CAGE: NEW MEDIA, TRANSGRESSION, AND THE REMAKING OF AMERICAN LITERARY CONNECTION, 1975-1999 by CASEY MICHAEL HENRY A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2016 ii © 2016 CASEY MICHAEL HENRY All Rights Reserved iii Both Into and Out of the Cage: New Media, Transgression, and the Remaking of American Literary Connection, 1975-1999 by Casey Michael Henry This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in English in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iv ABSTRACT Both Into and Out of the Cage: New Media, Transgression, and the Remaking of American Literary Connection, 1975-1999 by Casey Michael Henry Adviser: Wayne Koestenbaum The dissertation addresses an absent history of late twentieth-century postmodern literature. Namely, I trace the shifts between 1980s postmodernism, described by Fredric Jameson as encapsulating a “wan[ed]”“affect,” and the emergence of 1990s post-postmodernism, marked by an exaggeration of affect.