Introduction: Mary McCampbell, Diletta De Cristofaro and Andrew Tate SECTION I. COUPLAND, THE WORD AND LITERARY CONTEXT Chapter 1: Coupland''s Cool: Prof. Bran Nicol, University of Surrey, UK Chapter 2: Coupland and Comedy, Andrew Tate, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 3: Douglas Coupland, Thomas Pynchon, and Cybernetic Fiction, Matthew Nelson, University of St. Andrews, UK SECTION II: AESTHETICS FROM POP ART TO THE DIGITAL AGE. Chapter 4: Coupland''s Pop Art and the Aesthetics of Deep Sentiment, Joe Kickasola, Baylor College, USA Chapter 5: The Aestheticization of Technology and Online Environments in the Work of Douglas Coupland, Declan Lloyd, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 6: Guts, Glory, Copy, Paste, Glenn Grigsby, Georgetown University, USA SECTION III:: THE EXTREME PRESIDENT: CONSUMERISM, POSTMODERNITY AND POST-CAPITALISM Chapter 7: Coupland and Temporality, Diletta De Cristofaro, Northumbria University, UK Chapter 8: Douglas Coupland''s Post-Capitalist Desire, Niall Gallen, University of Birmingham, UK Chapter 9: Boredom as Aesthetic in the Extreme Present, Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA SECTION IV:LIFE AFTER/WITH GOD Chapter 10: Douglas Coupland, Charles Taylor, and Spirituality in Modernity, Tony Watkins, NLA University College, Norway and Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Chapter 11 : Trauma and Spirituality in Douglas Coupland''s Hey Nostradamus !, Sarah Wagstaffe, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 12: Prayer as a Means to Immanence and Transcendence in the Novels of Douglas Coupland, Mary McCampbell, Lee University, USA SECTION V: COUPLAND IN SPACE IN TIME Chapter 13: The Aerial Perspective in Douglas Coupland''s Souvenir of Canada Series, Jessica McDonald, Simon Fraser University, Canada Chapter 14: A Gen Xer Looks Back on Generation X, Nick Hubble, Brunel University, UK Chapter 15: Post-Cynical Fiction at the End of History, Zachary Gordon, Regent College, Canada Interview with Douglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas Coupland Niall Gallen, University of Birmingham, UK Chapter 9: Boredom as Aesthetic in the Extreme Present, Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA SECTION IV:LIFE AFTER/WITH GOD Chapter 10: Douglas Coupland, Charles Taylor, and Spirituality in Modernity, Tony Watkins, NLA University College, Norway and Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Chapter 11 : Trauma and Spirituality in Douglas Coupland''s Hey Nostradamus !, Sarah Wagstaffe, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 12: Prayer as a Means to Immanence and Transcendence in the Novels of Douglas Coupland, Mary McCampbell, Lee University, USA SECTION V: COUPLAND IN SPACE IN TIME Chapter 13: The Aerial Perspective in Douglas Coupland''s Souvenir of Canada Series, Jessica McDonald, Simon Fraser University, Canada Chapter 14: A Gen Xer Looks Back on Generation X, Nick Hubble, Brunel University, UK Chapter 15: Post-Cynical Fiction at the End of History, Zachary Gordon, Regent College, Canada Interview with Douglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandDouglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandNiall Gallen, University of Birmingham, UK Chapter 9: Boredom as Aesthetic in the Extreme Present, Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA SECTION IV:LIFE AFTER/WITH GOD Chapter 10: Douglas Coupland, Charles Taylor, and Spirituality in Modernity, Tony Watkins, NLA University College, Norway and Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Chapter 11 : Trauma and Spirituality in Douglas Coupland''s Hey Nostradamus !, Sarah Wagstaffe, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 12: Prayer as a Means to Immanence and Transcendence in the Novels of Douglas Coupland, Mary McCampbell, Lee University, USA SECTION V: COUPLAND IN SPACE IN TIME Chapter 13: The Aerial Perspective in Douglas Coupland''s Souvenir of Canada Series, Jessica McDonald, Simon Fraser University, Canada Chapter 14: A Gen Xer Looks Back on Generation X, Nick Hubble, Brunel University, UK Chapter 15: Post-Cynical Fiction at the End of History, Zachary Gordon, Regent College, Canada Interview with Douglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandNiall Gallen, University of Birmingham, UK Chapter 9: Boredom as Aesthetic in the Extreme Present, Linda Levitt, Stephen F.

Austin State University, USA SECTION IV:LIFE AFTER/WITH GOD Chapter 10: Douglas Coupland, Charles Taylor, and Spirituality in Modernity, Tony Watkins, NLA University College, Norway and Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Chapter 11 : Trauma and Spirituality in Douglas Coupland''s Hey Nostradamus !, Sarah Wagstaffe, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 12: Prayer as a Means to Immanence and Transcendence in the Novels of Douglas Coupland, Mary McCampbell, Lee University, USA SECTION V: COUPLAND IN SPACE IN TIME Chapter 13: The Aerial Perspective in Douglas Coupland''s Souvenir of Canada Series, Jessica McDonald, Simon Fraser University, Canada Chapter 14: A Gen Xer Looks Back on Generation X, Nick Hubble, Brunel University, UK Chapter 15: Post-Cynical Fiction at the End of History, Zachary Gordon, Regent College, Canada Interview with Douglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandDouglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandDouglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandNiall Gallen, University of Birmingham, UK Chapter 9: Boredom as Aesthetic in the Extreme Present, Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA SECTION IV:LIFE AFTER/WITH GOD Chapter 10: Douglas Coupland, Charles Taylor, and Spirituality in Modernity, Tony Watkins, NLA University College, Norway and Steve Taylor, Flinders University, Australia Chapter 11 : Trauma and Spirituality in Douglas Coupland''s Hey Nostradamus !, Sarah Wagstaffe, Lancaster University, UK Chapter 12: Prayer as a Means to Immanence and Transcendence in the Novels of Douglas Coupland, Mary McCampbell, Lee University, USA SECTION V: COUPLAND IN SPACE IN TIME Chapter 13: The Aerial Perspective in Douglas Coupland''s Souvenir of Canada Series, Jessica McDonald, Simon Fraser University, Canada Chapter 14: A Gen Xer Looks Back on Generation X, Nick Hubble, Brunel University, UK Chapter 15: Post-Cynical Fiction at the End of History, Zachary Gordon, Regent College, Canada Interview with Douglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandDouglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas Couplandhapter 15: Post-Cynical Fiction at the End of History, Zachary Gordon, Regent College, Canada Interview with Douglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas CouplandDouglas Coupland by Dr Andrew Tate, Dr Mary McCampbell and Dr Diletta De Cristofaro Coda, Douglas Coupland.