{"title":"Michael Kalisch","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Kalisch’s work delves into the nuanced intersections of literature and culture, offering insightful perspectives on the arts through a distinctive analytical lens. His writing often explores lesser-known or overlooked narratives, inviting readers to reconsider familiar cultural moments with renewed curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of \u003cem\u003eThe Midcentury Minor Novel\u003c\/em\u003e can expect thoughtful examinations rooted in both literary criticism and cultural history, making his books ideal for those interested in the subtle currents shaping modern artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-midcentury-minor-novel-by-michael-kalisch-9781399526876","title":"The Midcentury Minor Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Midcentury Minor Novel\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light a distinctive mode of the American novel emergent in the middle decades of the twentieth century. It explains how a group of neglected writers reimagined the novel as a minor form, defined by its constraints rather than its possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting a broadly held view among critics that midcentury fiction was in crisis or decline, these 'minor writers' sought to make a virtue of what were taken to be the novel's bleak prospects. They crafted fictions of modest proportions and seemingly attenuated ambition that reflexively explored their own aesthetic limitations. Ironically, the book argues, midcentury anxieties about the 'death of the novel' breathed new life into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending literary criticism and intellectual history, the book offers close readings of five writers who shared this curious project for the novel, an account of which adds texture to our understanding of the aesthetic diversity of midcentury American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934332567788,"sku":"9781399526876","price":91.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399526876-the-midcentury-minor-novel.jpg?v=1783912811"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/michael-kalisch.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}