In this episode, we discuss the fifth and final section of Cusk’s Outline alongside a draft book chapter by James Lewis entitled The Peculiar Allure of Another’s Aesthetic Worldview. Lewis argues that appreciating someone’s aesthetic tastes is a central part of achieving intimacy with them. We discuss Cusk’s narrator’s prose style as a reflection of her aesthetic taste and ponder what it allows us to infer about her sense of self.Speaker names:• Dr. Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor in the English Department at UCL.• Alice Harberd, PhD Student in the Philosophy Department at UCL.• Dr James Lewis, Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University.

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