1st Edition
Judge for Yourself Reading Hyper-Contemporary Literature and Book Prize Shortlists
By Nicholas Taylor-Collins
Copyright 2021
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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Judge for Yourself guides interested and advanced-level readers through the challenge of judging the quality of hyper-contemporary literature. Whether reading the latest bestseller or the book that everyone is recommending, Judge for Yourself guides you through the challenge of the text. Reading the longlist of the 2019 International Dylan Thomas Prize through five chapters, Judge for... Read more
Introduction: The Judgement of Dr J. Evans Pritchard, PhD; or, in praise of bad literature 1. Feminism; or, emasculating the canon 2. Postcolonialism and critical race theory; or, decolonising the canon 3. Queer theory; or, bending the canon 4. Class; or, dividing the canon 5. Reviews; or, popularising the canon Conclusion: The end of the hyper-contemporary
Biography
Nicholas Taylor-Collins is a Lecturer in English at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. He specialises in both Shakespeare and contemporary writing, especially Irish literature.
