Walking in circles
Helen Simpson’s Constitutional as short story cycle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13005165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ailsa Cox (0000-0002-2110-7996, Edge Hill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-220 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-0701 • E-ISSN: 2043-071X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/fict.3.2.211_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2325516597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines thematic and formal concepts of circularity in the British writer Helen Simpson’s Constitutional (2005), in a reading of the collection as a short story cycle. Circularity recurs in the turning of the seasons, the circulation of the blood, compulsive behaviour and the sometimes futile repetitions enforced by daily routine. Combining Bakhtinian theory with a close reading of the text and Simpson’s own comments on the compositional process, the article shows how Simpson contextualizes the human life cycle in relation to seasonal change and renewal
Circulation (fluid dynamics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Reading (process · Relation (database · Sociology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Engineering · History · Philosophy · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies · Short Stories in Global Literature
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |