Description |
xi, 304 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction: fictions, selves and the sociology of roleplaying -- Dramatic action, the Modern and the Post-modern -- The novel as social fiction -- Language, mimesis and the numinous in Joyce Cary's Second trilogy -- Cannibals, Okapis and self-slaughter in the fiction of Muriel Spark -- Christopher Isherwood's psychological makeup -- Inconsistencies of narration in Graham Greene -- John Fowles's sense of an ending -- Conclusion: a quick look around. |
Subject |
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Psychological fiction, English. |
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Self in literature.
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Self in literature. |
ISBN |
0231039220 |
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9780231039222 |
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