Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. INTRODUCTION: Poetics of the Prosaic 1
4. 1. James Joyce and the Banality of Refusal 37
5. 2. Katherine Mansfield and the Fragility of Pākehā Boredom 71
6. 3. The Dailiness of Trauma and Liberation in Zoë Wicomb 101
7. 4. Amit Chaudhuri and the Materiality of the Mundane 135
8. EPILOGUE: The Uneventful 169
9. Acknowledgments 181
10. Notes 185
11. Bibliography 209
12. Index 221