{"product_id":"afterlives-of-abandoned-work-matthew-harle-9781501365515","title":"Afterlives of Abandoned Work: Creative Debris in the Archive","description":"\u003ci\u003eAfterlives of Abandoned Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003econsiders the relevance of unfinished projects to literary history and criticism, looking beyond famous posthumous work to investigate the abandoned everyday, from scrapped plans and rejected ideas to half-written novels or unfinished artistic works. It traces how the reading of abandoned creative endeavor-whether arriving in the form of a rejection letter, a disagreement with a collaborator, or the simple act of walking away from one's desk-can change the way we think about cultural production, the creative process, and the intellectual construction of everyday life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver five distinct journeys through a variety of archives, from major research libraries to the unique collections of individual enthusiasts, Matthew Harle draws surprising connections between literary studies, media studies, and visual arts, exploring unfinished projects from Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark, B.S. Johnson, Harold Pinter, and others. Rooted in literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eAfterlives of Abandoned Work\u003c\/i\u003e reads unbuilt buildings, unfilmed screenplays, and unpublished novels and radio sketches as forms of text that can help us consider the enduring fragmentation and anecdotal construction of cultural form, as well as expand literary criticism's approach to the archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Harle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501365517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501365515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Matthew Harle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941653938431,"sku":"9781501365515","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0665468e-38e6-4e31-b9a2-5568346487f0.jpg?v=1681454184","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afterlives-of-abandoned-work-matthew-harle-9781501365515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}