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Author Kennedy, Alan, 1939-

Title The protean self: dramatic action in contemporary fiction.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 1974.

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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.
English fiction.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Psychological fiction, English.
Self in literature.
Self in literature.
ISBN 0231039220
9780231039222