Reading Ishiguro Today: Suspicion and Form

Doug Battersby

doi:10.1353/mfs.2021.0003

Reading Ishiguro Today: Suspicion and Form

Doug Battersby^*

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Department of English

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Abstract

Literary studies in the twenty-first century have been characterized by a restlessness and dissatisfaction with the everyday practice of criticism. This essay argues, firstly, that the interpretative strategies brought to light by recent debates about critical methods can enhance our understanding of Kazuo Ishiguro's fiction, and secondly, that his fiction can, in turn, help us appraise the value, as well as the limitations, of these polemical interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	67-88
Number of pages	22
Journal	MFS: Modern Fiction Studies
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/mfs.2021.0003
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

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I am grateful to Derek Attridge, Adam Kelly, Kelly Rich, Yoshiki Tajiri, and Richard Walsh for their comments on earlier drafts of this essay. The research was generously supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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