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1 online resource (368 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Costerus ; new ser., v. 176
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Costerus ; new ser., v. 176.
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| Contents |
Introduction; chapter 1 the sportswriter i: fleeing the past; chapter 2 the sportswriter ii: impermanence and the present; chapter 3 independence day i: from unity to fragmentation; chapter 4 independence day ii: laissez-faire and isolation; chapter 5 the lay of the land i: america divided; chapter 6 the lay of the land ii: the return of the past; chapter 7 "the womanizer" identity and the good; chapter 8 "occidentals" americans in paris; chapter 9 amultitude of sins acts and consequences; chapter 10 "calling" the narrative cure; chapter 11 "reunion" time and narrative. |
| Summary |
Morality, Identity and Narrative in the Fiction of Richard Ford is only the second monograph on the work of Richard Ford and the only one to deal with all three Frank Bascombe novels. The book offers comprehensive readings of the trilogy and the stories of Women with Men and A Multitude of Sins, thus bringing critical work on Ford up to date. Richard Ford insists that fiction contain a "moral vision", and this study takes up that challenge by investigating Ford's characters through the interconnections of morality, identity and narrative. It draws on the moral theories of Alasdair MacIntyre a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Ford, Richard, 1944- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ford, Richard, 1944- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Literature and morals.
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Literature and morals. |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Duffy, Brian, 1953- Morality, identity and narrative in the fiction of Richard Ford. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008 9042024097 9789042024090 (OCoLC)226166587 |
| ISBN |
9781435666047 (electronic book) |
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1435666046 (electronic book) |
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9789401205948 |
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9401205949 |
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9042024097 |
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9789042024090 |
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