| Description |
xxii, 255 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Theory and history of literature ; v. 12
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Theory and history of literature ; v. 12.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 239-245. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Story and situation -- Self-situation and readability -- Narratorial authority and "The purloined letter" -- Seduction denied: "Sarrasine" and the impact of art -- An invitation to love: simplicity of heart and textual duplicity in "Un cœur simple" -- Not for the vulgar?: the question of readership in "The figure in the carpet" -- Gabriel Conroy sings for his supper, or love refused ("The dead") -- Authority and seduction: the power of fiction -- Appendix A: Saki, "The open window" -- Appendix B: Marcel Schwob, "Les Sans-Gueule". |
| Subject |
Fiction -- Technique.
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Fiction -- Technique. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
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Narration. |
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Roman -- Technique. |
| ISBN |
0816612951 : $29.50 |
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9780816612956 |
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0816612986 paperback $14.95 |
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9780816612987 paperback |
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