Critical Modesty in Contemporary Fiction
Author:   Thom Dancer (Assistant Professor of English, University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   1
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9780192893321


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   09 September 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Thom Dancer (Assistant Professor of English, University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.402kg
ISBN:  

9780192893321


ISBN 10:   0192893327
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   09 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Critical Modesty 1: Modesty in the Anthropocene Part 1. Modest Temperaments 2: Ian McEwan's Redescriptions 3: Zadie Smith's Partnerships Part 2. Modest Practices 4: J. M. Coetzee's Weakness 5: David Mitchell's Inefficiency Coda

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Dancer's analyses are clear and thoughtful...Highly Reccomended * L. McMillan, CHOICE *


Dancer's analyses are clear and thoughtful...Highly Reccomended * L. McMillan, CHOICE * Critical Modesty is marked by clarity, focus and drive. It concisely synthesises several themes in contemporary disciplinary debates, and makes a forthright intervention in them (though its potential polemicism is moderated by its kind tone and generous approach). It would be accessible to advanced undergraduates, and the close readings are sophisticated yet economical as Dancer foregrounds his authors' own critical projects in a series of tightly argued chapters. * Dominic Dean, Textual Practice *


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Thom Dancer works at the University of Toronto where he studies and teaches contemporary fiction, the history of literary criticism, and novel theory.

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