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Author Williams, Jeffrey, 1958-

Title Theory and the novel : narrative reflexivity in the British tradition / Jeffrey Williams
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 204 pages)
Series Literature, culture, theory ; 28
Literature, culture, theory ; 28.
Contents Narrative of narrative (Tristram Shandy) -- Narrative improper (Joseph Andrews) -- Conspicuous narrative (The turn of the screw and Wuthering heights) -- Narrative calling (Heart of darkness and Lord Jim)
Summary In Theory and the Novel Jeffrey Williams analyses a range of novels - Tristram Shandy, Joseph Andrews, The Turn of the Screw, Wuthering Heights, Lord Jim, and Heart of Darkness - and shows how narrative technique is never beyond or outside plot. He offers a striking and original contribution to readings of the English novel, as well as to current discussions of theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-198) and index
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Subject Fiction -- Technique.
Narration (Rhetoric)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
Fiction -- Technique
Narration (Rhetoric)
Metafiktion
Erzählen Motiv
Erzähltechnik
Roman
Verteltheorie.
Reflexiviteit.
Romans.
Engels.
Englisch.
Form Electronic book
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