{"title":"Professor Kate Marshall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Kate Marshall\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of arts and culture through her imaginative storytelling. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eNovels by Aliens\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers to consider familiar themes from radically new perspectives, blending creativity with thoughtful commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect narratives that challenge conventional ideas and open windows into diverse cultural experiences. Marshall’s writing is both insightful and accessible, making her contributions a valuable addition to any collection interested in the intersection of art, society, and the human (and non-human) experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"novels-by-aliens-by-professor-kate-marshall-9780226827834","title":"Novels by Aliens","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wide-ranging account of the twenty-first century’s fascination with the weird.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-first-century fiction and theory have taken a decidedly \u003cem\u003eweird\u003c\/em\u003e turn. They both show a marked interest in the nonhuman and in the preternatural moods that the nonhuman often evokes. Writers of fiction and criticism are avidly experimenting with strange, even alien perspectives and protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKate Marshall’s \u003cem\u003eNovels by Aliens\u003c\/em\u003e explores this development broadly while focusing on problems of genre fiction. She identifies three key generic hybrids that harness a longing for the nonhuman: The Old Weird, an alternative tradition within naturalism and modernism for the twenty-first century’s cowboys and aliens; Cosmic Realism, the reach for words legible only from space in otherwise terrestrial narratives; and Pseudoscience Fiction, which imagines speculative futures beyond human life on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffering sharp and surprising insights about a breathtaking range of authors, from Edgar Rice Burroughs to Kazuo Ishiguro, Willa Cather to Maggie Nelson, \u003cem\u003eNovels by Aliens\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how genre became mood in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431757136108,"sku":"9780226827834","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226827834.jpg?v=1774557248"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/professor-kate-marshall.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}