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Ali Smith: Contemporary Critical Perspectives de Dr Monica Germanà

Ali Smith: Contemporary Critical Perspectives: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Editat de Dr Monica Germanà, Emily Horton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 iul 2013
In such novels as Hotel World and the Whitbread Prize winning The Accidental, Ali Smith has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary fiction. Covering her complete oeuvre, from the short stories to her most recent novel There but for the, this is the first comprehensive critical guide to Smith's work.


Bringing together leading scholars, Ali Smith: Contemporary Critical Perspectives covers such topics as:

. Language, truth and reality
. Spectral presences and the uncanny
. Gender and sexuality
. Cosmopolitanism
. Smith's place in the contemporary canon

Including a new interview with the author, a chronology of her life and authoritative guides to further reading, this is an essential guide for anyone interested in the best of contemporary fiction.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441157607
ISBN-10: 1441157603
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Foreword: Marina Warner

Series Editors' Preface

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Chronology of Ali Smith's Life
INTRODUCTION
Monica Germanà (University of Westminster) and Emily Horton (Brunel University)

CHAPTER ONE
Contemporary Space and Affective Ethics in Ali Smith's Short Stories
Emily Horton (Brunel University)

CHAPTER TWO
Simile and Similarity in Ali Smith's Like
Ian Blyth (University of St Andrews)

CHAPTER THREE
Narrating Remainders: Spectral Presences in Ali Smith's Fictions
Stephen M. Levin (Clarke University)

CHAPTER FOUR
Ali Smith and the Philosophy of Grammar
Mark Currie (Queen Mary's University of London)

CHAPTER FIVE
Queer Metamorphoses: Girl Meets Boy and the Futures of Queer Fiction
Kaye Mitchell (University of Manchester)

CHAPTER SIX
Narrating Intrusion: Deceptive Storytelling and Frustrated Desires in The Accidental and There but for the
Ulrike Tancke (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

CHAPTER SEVEN
"The Space That Wrecks Our Abode": The Stranger in Ali Smith's Hotel World and The Accidental
Patrick O'Donnell (Michigan State University)

CHAPTER EIGHT
Idiosyncrasy and Currency: Ali Smith and the Contemporary Canon
Dominic Head (University of Nottingham)

CHAPTER NINE
'The Uncanny can happen': Desire and Belief in The Seer
Monica Germanà (University of Westminster)

AFTERWORD
'Sidekick playing the same tune': Writing Ali Smith in Norwegian
Merete Alfsen

INTERVIEW
Gillian Beer interviews Ali Smith

References
Works Cited by Contributors
Further Reading
Works by Ali Smith
Critical Material
Index

Recenzii

[This book] is a timely and interesting guide to Smith's contribution to contemporary literature ... a useful guide for students ... It paves the way for further exploration of Smith as one of the foremost contemporary women writers of the twenty-first century.
The first major critical book on Ali Smith ... [An] important volume.