Pilar Somacarrera
Biographic Data
| ID | 5523594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pilar Somacarrera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pilar |
| FAMILY NAME | Somacarrera |
| SIGNATURE | SOMACARRERA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The emotional housekeeping of the world”
In his introduction to Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature, Michael Gardiner argues for bringing together these two separate bodies of texts which are intimately joined. Within the context of the “‘postcolonial’ spaces of Scotland and Canada” (Gittings, 1995: 135), in this article I offer a comparative reading from the standpoint of Sara Ahmed’s affect theory of the post-millennial short stories of A. L. Kennedy and Alice Munro, based…
Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity
The study of literary celebrity is increasingly pertinent in a world where writers are more than ever obliged to take part in marketing processes through book tours, readings, literary festivals, and digital interaction with readers. Coming from a long-standing Atwood specialist, Lorraine York’s latest book Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity is a welcome follow-up to York’s ongoing research on the relationship between Canadian w…
The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood's international celebrity has given a new visibility to Canadian literature in English. This Companion provides a comprehensive critical account of Atwood's writing across the wide range of genres within which she has worked for the past forty years, while paying attention to her Canadian cultural context and the multiple dimensions of her celebrity. The main concern is with Atwood the writer, but there is also Atwood the media st…
A Madwoman in a Cape Breton Attic
A Madwoman in a Cape Breton Attic
The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood's international celebrity has given a new visibility to Canadian literature in English. This Companion provides a comprehensive critical account of Atwood's writing across the wide range of genres within which she has worked for the past forty years, while paying attention to her Canadian cultural context and the multiple dimensions of her celebrity. The main concern is with Atwood the writer, but there is also Atwood the media st…
Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity
The study of literary celebrity is increasingly pertinent in a world where writers are more than ever obliged to take part in marketing processes through book tours, readings, literary festivals, and digital interaction with readers. Coming from a long-standing Atwood specialist, Lorraine York’s latest book Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity is a welcome follow-up to York’s ongoing research on the relationship between Canadian w…
The emotional housekeeping of the world”
In his introduction to Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature, Michael Gardiner argues for bringing together these two separate bodies of texts which are intimately joined. Within the context of the “‘postcolonial’ spaces of Scotland and Canada” (Gittings, 1995: 135), in this article I offer a comparative reading from the standpoint of Sara Ahmed’s affect theory of the post-millennial short stories of A. L. Kennedy and Alice Munro, based…
Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Short Stories in Global Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Political science (2 works)