Story and Situation : Narrative Seduction and the Power of Fiction.
by
Chambers, Ross.
Title
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Story and Situation : Narrative Seduction and the Power of Fiction.
Author
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Chambers, Ross.
ISBN
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9780816682041
Personal Author
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Chambers, Ross.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (280 pages)
Series
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Theory and History of Literature
Contents
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Chapter One: Story and Situation -- Chapter Two: Self-Situation and Readability -- Chapter Three: Narratorial Authority and "The Purloined Letter" -- Chapter Four: Seduction Denied: "Sarrasine" and the Impact of Art -- Chapter Five: Seduction Renounced: "Sylvie" as Narrative Act -- Chapter Six: An Invitation to Love: Simplicity of Heart and Textual Duplicity in "Un Cœur Simple" -- Chapter Seven: Not for the Vulgar? The Question of Readership in "The Figure in the Carpet" -- Chapter Eight: Gabriel Conroy Sings for His Supper, or Love Refused ("The Dead") -- Chapter Nine: Authority and Seduction: The Power of Fiction -- Appendix A: Saki, "The Open Window" -- Appendix B: Marcel Schwob, "Les Sans-Gueule" -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract
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Studies the relation between teller and listener in a set of French, English, and American short stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Electronic books. -- local.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
Fiction -- Technique.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
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Godzich, Wlad.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1194089-1001 | PN3383 .N35 -- C48 1984 EB | Ebrary E-Books |