Precarious Writing of Ann Quin

Nonia Williams is a Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia. Recent publications include ‘(Re)turning to Quin: An Introduction’ in Women: A Cultural Review (2022); ‘“Designing its Own Shadow”: tracing Ann Quin’s reiterative experimental processes’ (2021); ‘About/Of Madness: Ann Quin's The Unmapped Country’ in Textual Practice (2020) and British Avant-Garde Fiction of the 1960s (EUP, 2019).

Nonia Williams’ compelling argument secures Ann Quin’s place among the pantheon of late 20th century experimental writers, particularly women writers. Lucidly written and organized, impeccably researched, with the advantage of Williams’ access to Quin’s letters, this book will interest scholars and students of modernism, feminism, women writers, and experimental literature.

• AcknowledgementsVignette: Quin’s dark archive　　　　　 Introduction: Ways in to QuinVignette: A bedsit room of her own　　　　　　　　 1. Berg: Shifting Perspectives, Sticky Details　　　　　　　　 Vignette: That same sea 2. Three: A Collage of Possibilities　　　　　　　　　　　　 Vignette: ‘Have you tried it with three?’ 3. Passages: Unstable Forms of Desire　　　 Vignette: Moving onwards　　　　　　　　　　 4. Tripticks: Impoverished Style as Cultural Critique　　　　　　　　　　 Vignette: Breakdown, breakthrough　　　　　　 5. The Unmapped Country: Unravelling Stereotypes of Madness Afterword: Where Next?Bibliography　　　　　　 Index