Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1 - Theory -- The Concept of Literary Realism -- Thought, Make-Believe and the Opacity of Narrative -- Narrative per se and Narratability -- Section 2 - Literature and Film -- Distance in Fiction -- Narration, Representation, Memoir, Truth, and Lies -- Truth in Fiction -- Destabilizing Reality -- The Place for External Considerations in Reading Literary Fiction -- Fictional Truth, Principles of Generation, and Interpretation -- Deixis in Literary and Film Fiction -- Metalepsis and Participation in Games of Make-Believe -- 'I grieve' as Make-Believe -- Section 3 - Theatre and Music -- Fictionality and Make-Believe in Drama, Theatre and Opera -- Making Meaning in the Theatre: Double Noesis -- Impurely Musical Make-Believe -- Section 4 - Games -- Make-Believe Wickedness vs. Wicked Making-Believe -- Agency and Volition in Make-Believe Worlds -- Prop Perspective and the Aesthetics of Play -- Index -- Contact Addresses.