Ali Smith

Ali Smith by Emily Horton

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.

[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. -- Emma Young, University of Lincoln * Contemporary Women's Writing *
The first major critical book on Ali Smith ... [An] important volume. * The Year's Work in English Studies *

Emily Horton is Visiting Lecturer in English Literature at Brunel University, UK, and at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Monica Germanà is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Westminster, UK. She is the author of Scottish Women's Gothic and Fantastic Writing: Fiction Since 1978 (EUP, 2010).

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ISBN 13	9781441105189
ISBN 10	1441105182
Title	Ali Smith
Author	Emily Horton
Series	Contemporary Critical Perspectives
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	2013-07-18
Number of pages	224
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