| Description |
x, 180 pages : facsimiles ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Preliminaries: Of critics and criticism -- Of fabulators and fabulation -- Modern fabulators -- ch. 2. Fabulation as revival of romance: Lawrence Durrell and the return to Alexandria -- What good is pure romance? -- ch. 3. Fabulation and satire: Black humor -- Cat's cradle and Mother night -- ch. 4. Fabulation and picaresque: Black humor in Hawkes and Southern -- John Hawkes's theory of fiction -- Lime twig -- ch. 5. Fabulation and allegory: Allegory -- Iris Murdoch's Unicorn -- ch. 6. Fabulation and epic vision: A sacred book -- Giles goat-boy: scopes and vision -- Allegorical vison of Giles goat-boy: Basic metaphors ; Allegorical dimensions ; History ; Philosophy ; Fiction and myth. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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