{"product_id":"elizabeth-bowen-jessica-gildersleeve-9781474458641","title":"Elizabeth Bowen: Theory, Thought and Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores Elizabeth Bowen's significant contribution to twentieth-century literary theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new avenues for research in Bowen studies in ways that are concerned primarily with Bowen's perception of writing and narrative\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves away from perceptions of Bowen's writing tied to existing ideological categories, such as viewing her work through a lens of psychoanalysis, modernism, or Irish or British history and which emphasise Bowen's innovation not as central to our understanding of the changes happening in twentieth-century literature and history, but as instead a point of 'difficulty'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecognises Bowen's innovation, experimentation and her impact on her contemporaries and literary descendants \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom experiments in language and identity to innovations in the novel, the short story and life narratives, the contributors discuss the way in which Bowen's work straddles, informs and defies the existing definitions of modernist and postmodernist literature which dominate twentieth-century writing. The eleven chapters present new scholarship on Bowen's inventiveness and unique writing style and attachment to objects, covering topics such as queer adolescents, housekeeping, female fetishism, habit and new technologies such as the telephone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Gildersleeve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474458645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474458641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Jessica Gildersleeve","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935515443455,"sku":"9781474458641","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_de9b024f-cf16-4979-84dc-dad1b5dbdcd8.jpg?v=1681420244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elizabeth-bowen-jessica-gildersleeve-9781474458641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}