What started as a handbook to 1990s hip culture written by would-be sculptor Douglas Coupland ended up being a call to arms to a generation that, until he defined it, had gone unnamed, a generation he...
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In the following essay, Blythe discusses Generation X, Shampoo Planet, and Life after God, stating that the latter is Coupland's "most accomplished fiction to date."
Francis Fu...
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In the following essay, Burns provides a character sketch of Coupland, relating his observations of Coupland's fiction.
Douglas Coupland is trying to sneak a peek at my notepad. He surveys t...
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In the following review, Fraser presents a subjective portrait of Coupland, revealing details of the novelist's biography and relating them to Coupland's fiction.
The day Douglas Coup...
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In the following essay, Snider outlines the development of Coupland's career and the evolution of his thematic interests.
A makeshift sign on the ticket window reads: “9:50 showȁ...
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In the following review, Bortolotti considers the ways in which Coupland's characters come to terms with the “amorality of their technological milieu.”
Though he continues to r...
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Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
Summary
The novel, Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland, begins in the late 70's with Karen and Richard, a young teenage couple at a party. The story g...
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In 1991, Douglas Coupland wrote the best-selling novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularizing the term, well, Generation X. Gen Xers are roughly defined as those born between ...
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Douglas Coupland
Critical Essay by Will Blythe
Girlfriend in a Coma
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