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Christopher John Arthur. This site contains a copy of my book Dialectics of Labour (Blackwell 1986); a list of my publications (which I hope to keep current); some papers not published elsewhere, English versions of some papers published in other languages, and news about forthcoming work.
Christopher Anton Arthur (born 25 January 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or left–back for Sittingbourne . Career. Arthur was born in Enfield, London.
In Reading Life Chris Arthur continues his essayistic explorations, using this fascinating and flexible literary form to fashion fourteen exquisitely crafted readings whose lyricism often suggests poetry as much as prose.
Chris Arthur is primarily an essayist. His work explores aspects of family, place, memory, loss and meaning in a lyrically philosophical way. The most recent of his six books is On the Shoreline of Knowledge (Iowa/Sightline, 2012).
Hidden Cargoes. "If anyone can lure out of hiding the mysterious secrets of the things of this world, and turn the familiar unfamiliar, the everyday magical, it's Chris Arthur. One of our greatest living essayists, he brings a rare combination of tenderness, power, care and, at times, ghoulish humor to the page."
Contents. Thirty-Six Ways of Looking at an Essay; "Ars Poetica and the Essay" and Other Writing about the Essay Form; On the History and Nature of the Essay; Reading Essays and Reading About Essays; Examples; Serial Literature; Reference; Critical Studies;
Chris Arthur’s most recent essay collection is Hidden Cargoes (2022). He lives in St Andrews, Scotland. Details of his books can be found at www.chrisarthur.org.
