The problem with happily ever after : Swift and Krasicki -- The terror of worlds unfolding : Potocki and Maturin -- Queer tales and seductive paintings : Żmichowska and Wilde -- Impossibly free : Gombrowicz and Beckett -- Conclusion: Toward a "weak" theory of the novel
Summary
By modeling such a heterogeneous account of the novel form, Estranging the Novel paves the way for a bracing and diverse understanding of the makeup of contemporary world literature and the many texts it encompasses--and a new perspective on the British novel as well
