Ali Smith
Contemporary Critical Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12920258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Young (0000-0001-7020-0399, University of Lincoln, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 160-162 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Women s Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-1476 • E-ISSN: 1754-1484 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cww/vpu008 |
| OpenAlex | W2023009997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
As the first book dedicated entirely to discussing the work of the contemporary Scottish writer, Ali Smith: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, edited by Monica Germanà and Emily Horton, marks an important moment in academic attention to Smith. This edited collection positions Smith at the heart of contemporary writing and amid other acclaimed authors, including Sarah Waters, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, and Andrea Levy. As such, it is a timely and interesting guide to Smith’s contribution to contemporary literature. In their introduction to the collection, Germanà and Horton emphasize the centrality of “postmodern motifs, structures and influences in Smith’s work” but nevertheless surmise that, “on the whole, these collected essays tend to challenge Smith’s postmodern designation, highlighting her concern with ethics and notions of authenticity and materiality as extending her work beyond the dominant scepticism in the postmodern era” (6). Accordingly, the overall impression that the book projects is of Smith navigating the complex terrain of postmodern thought and being at once complicit with, yet openly sceptical of, its defining tenets – a fair summation of this facet of her literary contribution to date
Aesthetics · Alchemy · Art · Art history · Centrality · Epistemology · German · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Postmodernism · Skepticism · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Scottish History and National Identity · Philosophy
Post-Anthropocentric Subject Imaginaries in Sarah Hall’s “Mrs Fox”, Ali Smith’s “The Beholder”, and Daisy Johnson’s “Starver
In a “Time of Undiagnosis”
Queering as a tool of narrative knowledge in Ali Smith’s Girl Meets Boy and The First Person and Other Stories
Generous dissonance and wanderings
Rewritings/refoldings/refleshings
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |