Working bibliography for projects on Metamodernism. This is not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography of all things with the label “metamodernism” as the term is being used in different ways outside of the research focus for this bibliography. Decisions made on which sources to include are based on my own research and the sources’ contributions to the scholarship that pertains to the description of Metamodernism as a structure of feeling/cultural sensibility.
***Suggestions of sources for consideration are welcomed: https://go.rutgers.edu/metamodernism_sources
Peer Reviewed Articles
Baciu, C., Bocoş, M., & Baciu-Urzică, C. (2015). Metamodernism – A Conceptual Foundation. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 209(C), 33–38. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.226
Bentley, N. (2018). Trailing Postmodernism: David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas , Zadie Smith’s NW , and the Metamodern. English Studies, 99 (7), 723–743. http://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2018.1510611
Bockmann, M. (2023). Faith, Doubt, and Disbelief: Preaching undeconstructible truth in a metamodern context. International Journal of Homiletics, 6(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.21827/ijh.
Brunton, J. (2018). Whose (Meta)modernism?: Metamodernism, race, and the politics of failure. Journal of Modern Literature, 41(3), 60–76. www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/jmodelite.41.3.05
Ceriello, L. C. (2022). The Metamodern Bend: Theorizations for religious studies and a review of Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect, and Depth After Postmodernism. Religious Studies Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.16195
Clasquin-Johnson, M. (2017). Towards a metamodern academic study of religion and a more religiously informed metamodernism. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 73(3), 11. http://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4491
Corsa, A. (2018). Grand narratives, Metamodernism, and Global Ethics. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 14(3), 241–272.
Drayton, T. (2019). A silent shout: Metamodern forms of activism in contemporary performance. ArtsPraxis, 5(2), 169-184. http://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/media/users/cl1097/Drayton_-_A_Silent_Shout_ArtsPraxis_Volume_5_Issue_2.pdf
Eve, M. (2012). Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace and the problems of “Metamodernism”: Post-millennial post-postmodernism? C21 Literature, 1, 7-25. http://www.gylphi.co.uk/ojs/index.php/c21/article/view/155
Farmer, M. (2015). “Cloaked in, like, fifteen layers of irony: The metamodernist sensibility of “Parks and Recreation”. Studies in Popular Culture, 37(2), 103-120.
Fox, M. (2019). Alison Bechdel’s fun home: Queer futurity and the metamodernist memoir. Modern Fiction Studies, 65(3), 511-537. http://doi:10.1353/mfs.2019.0032
Gibbons, A. (2021). Metamodernism, the Anthropocene, and the Resurgence of Historicity: Ben Lerner’s 10:04 and “The Utopian Glimmer of Fiction.” Critique, 62(2), 137–151. https://doi-org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/10.1080/00111619.2020.1784828 (added 2/21)
Gibbons, A. (2015). “Take that you intellectuals!” and “kaPOW!”: Adam Thirlwell and the metamodernist future of style. Studia Neophilologica, 87(sup1), 29-43. http://doi.org/10.1080/00393274.2014.981959
Gibbons, A., Vermeulen, T., & van den Akker, R. (2019). Reality beckons: Metamodernist depthiness beyond panfictionality. European Journal of English Studies, 23(2), 172-189. http://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2019.1640426
James, D., & Seshagiri, U. (2014). Metamodernism: Narratives of continuity and revolution. PMLA. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 129(1), 87–100. http://doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2014.129.1.87
Kadagishvili, D. (2013). Metamodernism as we perceive it.(QUICK REVIEW)(Report). European Scientific Journal, 2 SE.
Kersten, D., & Wilbers, U. (2018). Introduction: Metamodernism. English Studies, 99(7), 719–722. http://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2018.1510657
Knudsen, S. (2016). Beyond postmodernism: putting a face on metamodernism without the easy cliches. Art Pulse Magazine, 25(7), 66–69.
Lavery, N. (2018). Consciousness and the extended mind in the “metamodernist” novel. English Studies, 99(7), 755-765. http://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2018.1510613
Ondrak, J. (2018). Spectres des monstres: Post-postmodernisms, hauntology and creepypasta narratives as digital fiction. Horror Studies, 9(2), 161-178. http://doi.org/10.1386/HOST.9.2.161_1
Piro, J. S. (2018). Integral education within metamodernism. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50(14), 1455-1456. http://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2018.1461401
Radchenko, S. (2020). “Metamodern gaming: Literary analysis of The Last of Us.” Interlitteraria, 25(1), 246–259. doi:10.12697/IL.2020.25.1.20.
Šnircová, S. (2021). Metamodern sensibility in Jenni Fagan’s “The Waken.” Brno Studies in English, 47(1), 243–254. https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2021-1-13
Šporčič, A. (2022). A Metamodernist Utopia: The neo-romantic sense and sensibility of the Bridgerton series. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Film and Media Studies, 22(1), 122–138. https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2022-0015
Stoev, D. (2022). Metamodernism or Metamodernity. Arts, 11(5), 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/arts11050091
Vermeulen, T., & van den Akker, R. (2010). Notes on metamodernism. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677
Vermeulen, T., & van den Akker, R. (2015). Utopia, sort of: A case study in metamodernism. Studia Neophilologica, 87, 55-67. http://doi.org/10.1080/00393274.2014.981964
Yousef, T. (2018). Metamodernism poetics and its manifestations in Billy Collins’s “My hero”. International Journal of Language and Literature, 6(1). http://doi.org/10.15640/ijll.v6n1a8
Special Issues
In Focus: Metamodernism, (2013), American Book Review, 34 (4), https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/27858
Metamodernism, (2018), English Studies, 99 (7), https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nest20/99/7?nav=tocList
Dissertations
Ceriello, Linda C.. “Metamodern Mysticisms: Narrative encounters with contemporary western secular spiritualities.” (2018) Diss., Rice University. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/103873.
Dumitrescu, A. E. (2014). Towards a Metamodern Literature (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy). University of Otago. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/4925
Books and Book Chapters
Ceriello, L. (2018). The big bad and the big “aha!:” Metamodern monsters as transformational figures of instability. In M. Heyes (Ed.), Holy monsters, sacred grotesques (pp. 207-233). Lexington Books.
Ceriello, L. C. (2018). Toward a metamodern reading of spiritual but not religious mysticisms. In W. Parsons (Ed.), Being spiritual but not religious (pp. 200-218) Routledge. http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315107431/chapters/10.4324/9781315107431-13
Ceriello, L. & Dember, G. (2019). The right to a narrative: Metamodernism, paranormal horror, and agency in The Cabin in the Woods. In D. Caterine &J. W. Morehead (Eds.) The Paranormal and Popular Culture A Postmodern Religious Landscape, Routledge.
Dember, G. (2024). Say hello to metamodernism!: Understanding today’s culture of ironesty, felt experience and empathic reflexivity. Exact Rush Multimedia Publishing.
Drayton, T. (2024). Metamodernism in contemporary British theatre: A politics of hope/lessness. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Jones, S. (2024). The metamodern slasher film. Edinburgh University Press.
Higgs, J. (2019). The metamodern generation (4) in The future starts here : Adventures in the twenty-first century (pp. 119-166). Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Hill, V. J. (2020). Metamodernism and changing literacy: Emerging research and opportunities. IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-3534-9.
Nevins, J. (2017). The evolution of the costumed avenger : The 4,000-year history of the superhero. The evolution of the costumed avenger : The 4,000-year history of the superhero (pp. 270-275), Praeger.
Pederson, J. (2012). Metamodernism in fashion and style practice: Authorship and the consumer. In Brownie B., Pettican L. & Reponen, J. (Eds.) Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues (pp. 121-130) Inter-Disciplinary Press.
Rowland, A. (2021). Metamodernism and contemporary British poetry. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108895286
Shenton, A. (2017). For whom the bells toll: Arvo pärt’s passio, metamodernism and the appealing promise of tintinnabulation. In R. Sholl, S. van Maas & ASCA (Eds.), Contemporary music and spirituality (pp. 17-36) http://doi:10.4324/9781315573892
Undheim, S. (2019). Made up prophecies: Metamodern play with religion, spirituality and monomyth in the LEGO Universe. In R.C. Haines & S.R. Mazzarella (Eds.), Cultural studies of LEGO : More than just bricks (pp 97-2021). Palgrave Macmillan.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32664-7_5
Vermeulen, T. & van den Akker, R. (2011). Metamodernism, history, and the story of Lampe. In R. MagShamhráin, & S. Strümper-Krobb (Eds.), Yearbook of the association of third-level teachers of German in Ireland, Hartung-Gorre. http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/handle/2066/143324
van den Akker, R., Gibbons, A., & Vermeulen, T. (2017). Metamodernism : historicity, affect, and depth after postmodernism .Rowman & Littlefield International.
van den Akker, R., Gibbons, A., Vermeulen, T. (2019). Metamodernism: Period, structure of feeling, and cultural logic – A case study in contemporary autofiction. In Askin, R., Beckman, F. and Rudrum, D (Eds.), New directions in philosophy and literature (pp. 41-54) Edinburgh University Press.
Vermeulen, T. (2018). Metamodernism. In Braidotti, R & Hlavajova, M (Eds.), Posthuman Glossary (pp.256-258) Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Web/Electronic Articles (selection)
Anderson, K. (2020). “Brand Twitter” begets Metamodern Meat? What is Metamodern?: https://whatismetamodern.com/design-style-products/steak-umm-brand-twitter-metamodernism/
Ceriello, L. (2020). Metamodernism, Russell Brand and spiritual-but-not-religious soteriology. Medium.com, retrieved from https://medium.com/what-is-metamodern/metamodernism-russell-brand-and-spiritual-but-not-religious-soteriology-c66ac8515a62
Dember, G. (2019). After postmodernism: Eleven metamodern methods in the arts. Medium.com, retrieved from http://medium.com/what-is-metamodern/after-postmodernism-eleven-metamodern-methods-in-the-arts-767f7b646cae
Dempsey, B. (2014). [Re]construction: Metamodern ‘Transcendence’ and the return of myth. Notes on Metamodernism. http://www.metamodernism.com/2014/10/21/reconstruction-metamodern-transcendence-and-the-return-of-myth/
Hemingway, T. (2018). Irony, control, and distance in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.Offscreen.com, retrieved from http://offscreen.com/view/irony-control-and-distance-in-the-life-aquatic-with-steve-zissou
Leung, S. (2014). Literature review – notes on metamodernism. https://www.samues.com/wp/2016/03/literature-review/
Pappis, K. (2019). Back to sincerity, hope, and love: Metamodernism in sci-fi. ourculture.com. http://ourculturemag.com/2019/09/14/back-to-sincerity-hope-and-love-metamodernism-in-sci-fi/
Turner, L. (2015). Metamodernism: A brief introduction. Notes on Metamodernism. http://www.metamodernism.com/2015/01/12/metamodernism-a-brief-introduction/
Weil, Elizabeth. 2019. “What do teenagers learn online today? That identity is a work in progress.” The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/13/magazine/internet-teens.html (November 29, 2019).
Vermeulen, T., & van den Akker, R. (2015). Misunderstandings and clarifications. Notes on Metamodernsim. http://www.metamodernism.com/2015/06/03/misunderstandings-and-clarifications/
Websites
Notes on Metamodernism: http://www.metamodernism.com/
Metamodernist Manifesto: http://www.metamodernism.org/
What is Metamodern?: https://whatismetamodern.com/
https://leightongray.xyz/metamodernism