Ishiguro After the Nobel
Special issue of Modern Fiction Studies
Spring 2021 || Co-edited with Chris Holmes
Introduction: On Rereading Kazuo Ishiguro
This essay re-evaluates Kazuo Ishiguro's literary legacy in light of our contemporary moment, noting how is work has changed our study of the novel and its institutions. It begins by considering what it means to reread Ishiguro, suggesting that rereading plays a pivotal role in his plots, authorial style, oeuvre, and, as we see in his Nobel Speech, his formation as a writer. The essay then discusses two indices of Ishiguro's impress on literary study—the contemporary and world literature—using them to contextualize our contributors' work on issues regarding critical method, prestige, the archive, genre, and global capital.
Table of Contents
Anne Whitehead, “Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nocturnes: Between Archive and Repertoire”
Matthew Eatough, "' ‘Are They Going to Say This Is Fantasy?’: Kazuo Ishiguro, Untimely Genres, and the Making of Literary Prestige”
Doug Battersby, “Reading Ishiguro Today: Suspicion and Form”
Jerrine Tan, “Screening Japan: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Early Japan Novels and the Way We Read World Literature”
Jane Hu, “Typical Japanese: Kazuo Ishiguro and the Asian Anglophone Historical Novel”
Thom Dancer, “Being Kathy H.: Relatability in Never Let Me Go”
Adam Parkes, “Ishiguro’s ‘Strange Rubbish’: Style and Sympathy in Never Let Me Go”