| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 213 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Narratologia. Contributions to narrative theory ; 18
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Narratologia ; 18.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
An event, defined as the decisive turn, the surprising point in the plot of a narrative, constitutes its tellability, the motivation for reading it. The book describes a framework for a narratological definition of eventfulness and its dependence on the historical, socio-cultural and literary context. The detailed analyses of 15 British novels or tales, from early modern times to the late 20th century, demonstrate how this concept can be put into practice for a new, specifically contextual interpretation of the central relevance of these texts. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Late Medieval and Early Mordern -- Geoffrey Chaucer: 8220;The Miller8217;s Tale8221; (ca. 13901400) -- Aphra Behn: Oroonoko (1688) -- 18th Century -- Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders (1722) -- Samuel Richardson: Pamela (1740) -- Henry Fielding. Tom Jones (1749) -- Premorden and Modernist -- Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (1861) -- Thomas Hardy: 8220;On the Western Circuit8221; (1891) -- Henry James: 8220;The Beast in the Jungle8221; (1903) -- James Joyce: 8220;Grace8221; (1914) -- Joseph Conrad: The Shadow-Line (1917) -- Virginia Woolf: 8220;An Unwritten Novel8221; (1921) -- D.H. Lawrence: 8220;Fanny and Annie8221; (1921) -- Katherine Mansfield: 8220;At the Bay8221; (1922) -- Contemporary -- John Fowles: 8220;The Enigma8221; (1974) -- Graham Swift: Last Orders (1996) -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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English fiction -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Stories, plots, etc.
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Events (Philosophy) in literature.
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Events (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Fiction -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Fiction -- Stories, plots, etc. |
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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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Plot summaries.
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Plot summaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hühn, Peter, 1939- Eventfulness in British fiction. New York : De Gruyter, ©2010 9783110213645 (DLC) 2010001376 (OCoLC)500243109 |
| ISBN |
9783110213652 (electronic book) |
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3110213656 (electronic book) |
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3110213648 |
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9783110213645 |
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9783110213645 (alkaline paper) |
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