{"product_id":"rachel-cusk-contemporary-critical-perspectives-9781350370982","title":"Rachel Cusk: Contemporary Critical Perspectives","description":"Rachel Cusk is one of the most critically acclaimed and controversial contemporary British authors. Her diverse body of work offers a striking portrait of trends in 21st-century literature, and the history of Cusk's literary output is one of experimentation and a desire to push against established cultural models.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRachel Cusk: Contemporary Critical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e is the first critical guide to Cusk's work, spanning novels including \u003ci\u003eSaving Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Country Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSecond Place\u003c\/i\u003e, her 'autofictional' \u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, and her nonfiction \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eCoventry\u003c\/i\u003eessays. Rigorous and wide-ranging, this book provides an accessible and lucid introduction to Cusk's work, exploring themes of gender relations, class dynamics, maternal identity and creative freedom. The collection concludes with an in-depth interview with Cusk, conducted by Merve Emre, reflecting on her influences, writing and experiences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mapping the formal and stylistic shift across her career and locating them within their specific contexts, this collection provides a crucial analysis of Cusk's influences, politics, and literary techniques that speak to many of the most pressing issues in contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberta Garrett \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior lecturer on the Creative Writing programme and the Media Foundation programme in the Department of Arts and Creative Industries at the University of East London, UK. She has published widely on representations of gender, class and race in popular literature and film. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePostmodern Chick-Flicks \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003eWriting the Modern Family\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWe Need to Talk About Family\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLiam Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of the West of England, UK. He is also a founding editor of the Dublin-based literary journal \u003ci\u003eTolka\u003c\/i\u003e. His research spans modernist legacies in contemporary literature, 21st-century Irish literature, publishing culture and autofiction. He is also a co-founder of the Contemporary Irish Literature Research Network.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901465202962,"sku":"9781350370982","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba0642b5-b7f1-4e54-8d5d-160b3c5b2137.jpg?v=1738426682","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rachel-cusk-contemporary-critical-perspectives-9781350370982","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}