Perspectives

This part of the study guide will help you put “After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac” by Rachel Cusk in perspective. We will look at the literary period and at similar works.

Literary period

Rachel Cusk’s “After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac” is a postmodernist text. We consider postmodernist most texts published in the last 70 years and which meet some of the features associated with this literary movement.

Postmodernism developed as a reaction to Modernism and is often characterised by the choice of theme (issues related to post-industrial, contemporary society) and...

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Works with the same theme

For the theme of parenthood, we encourage you to read short stories like “The Parents” by Kelly Cherry or “Lost Boys” by Deborah Moggach.

“The Parents” (Contexts, pp. 47-48) explores the relationship between parents and their children, from the time the children are dependent on them to...

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