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Ali Smith is one of the most exuberant and Ovidian of contemporary writers, as was revealed particularly by her rewriting of the myth of Iphis and Ianthe in Girl Meets Boy. This chapter focuses on three of her later works—Artful, Public Library, and Autumn—where her reworking of Ovid becomes integral to her condemnation of recent government policies in the UK, including a healthcare postcode lottery, the closure of hundreds of public libraries, and the Brexit referendum. Ovidian wordplay and humour infuses Smith’s mordant wit as she attacks the inequalities she perceives within British society, even as Ovidian pathos deepens the melancholy of her sense of loss.
Title: Ali Smith
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Ali Smith is one of the most exuberant and Ovidian of contemporary writers, as was revealed particularly by her rewriting of the myth of Iphis and Ianthe in Girl Meets Boy.
This chapter focuses on three of her later works—Artful, Public Library, and Autumn—where her reworking of Ovid becomes integral to her condemnation of recent government policies in the UK, including a healthcare postcode lottery, the closure of hundreds of public libraries, and the Brexit referendum.
Ovidian wordplay and humour infuses Smith’s mordant wit as she attacks the inequalities she perceives within British society, even as Ovidian pathos deepens the melancholy of her sense of loss.
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