"Stepping Off the Edge addresses the question of literary edges and endings in contemporary works of literature from France, the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The book includes discussion of works by nine different authors, including Anne Carson, Marie NDiaye, Paul Auster, and Câesar Aira. It considers the way that specific texts identify and interrogate textual boundaries, and also draw attention to questions of closure. Each of these texts also reflect on the way we experience and write about edges and endings in our lives"--
"Stepping Off the Edge addresses the question of literary edges and endings in contemporary works of literature from France, the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The book includes discussion of works by nine different authors, including Anne Carson, Marie NDiaye, Paul Auster, and Câesar Aira. It considers the way that specific texts identify and interrogate textual boundaries, and also draw attention to questions of closure. Each of these texts also reflect on the way we experience and write about edges and endings in our lives"--
Anne McConnell is a Professor in the English Department at West Virginia State University. She specializes in contemporary literature and critical theory from France, Latin America, and the United States. She published Approaching Disappearance with Dalkey Archive Press in 2013, focusing on the work of Maurice Blanchot. She currently teaches world literature, critical theory, and writing at West Virginia State University.
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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: LOCATING, RELOCATING, DISLOCATING THE EDGE OF THE TEXT Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red Valeria Luiselli’s The Story of My Teeth CHAPTER 2: TANGIBLE GHOSTS: WRITING AFTER LIFE Paul Auster’s “Portrait of an Invisible Man” Anne Carson’s Nox Maggie Nelson’s Jane: A Murder CHAPTER 3: SELF-PORTRAIT FROM THE OUTSIDE Marie NDiaye’s Self-Portrait in Green César Aira’s How I Became a Nun Marie Redonnet’s Candy Story CHAPTER 4: WRITING THE END OF RELATION Marguerite Duras’s The Malady of Death Maggie Nelson’s Bluets Lydia Davis’s The End of the Story CHAPTER 5: APPROACHING THE END OF THE WORLD César Aira’s Shantytown Paul Auster’s The Country of Last Things
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: LOCATING, RELOCATING, DISLOCATING THE EDGE OF THE TEXT Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red Valeria Luiselli’s The Story of My Teeth CHAPTER 2: TANGIBLE GHOSTS: WRITING AFTER LIFE Paul Auster’s “Portrait of an Invisible Man” Anne Carson’s Nox Maggie Nelson’s Jane: A Murder CHAPTER 3: SELF-PORTRAIT FROM THE OUTSIDE Marie NDiaye’s Self-Portrait in Green César Aira’s How I Became a Nun Marie Redonnet’s Candy Story CHAPTER 4: WRITING THE END OF RELATION Marguerite Duras’s The Malady of Death Maggie Nelson’s Bluets Lydia Davis’s The End of the Story CHAPTER 5: APPROACHING THE END OF THE WORLD César Aira’s Shantytown Paul Auster’s The Country of Last Things
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