Textual Wanderings : The Theory and Practice of Narrative Digression PDF
by Rhian Atkin
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"Digression is a crucial motif in literary narratives.
It features as a key characteristic of fictional works from Cervantes and Sterne, to Proust, Joyce and Calvino.
Moving away from a linear narrative and following a path of associations reflects how we think and speak.
Yet an author's inability to stick to the point has often been seen to detract from a work of literature, somehow weakening it.
This wide-ranging and timely volume seeks to celebrate narrative digressions and move towards a theoretical framework for studying the meanderings of literary texts as a useful and valuable aspect of literature.
Essays discussing some of the possibilities for approaching narrative digression from a theoretical perspective are complemented with focused studies of European and American authors.
As a whole, the book offers a broad and varied view of textual wanderings."
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:02/12/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781351192989