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"The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular--the late nineteenth and early twentieth ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goyet, Florence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2014.
Temas:
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literary form > History.
Littérature > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Genres littéraires > Histoire.
Fiction and related items.
Fiction: special features.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers.
Literature and literary studies.
Literature: history and criticism.
Short stories.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Literary form
Literature > Philosophy
Literature > Theory, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular--the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle. This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing--particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ryunosuke--Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period. In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals. She demonstrates that, despite the apparent intention of these stories to question bourgeois ideals, they mostly affirmed the prejudices of their readers. In doing so, her book forces us to re-think our preconceptions about this 'forgotten' genre."--Publisher's website.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (210 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (197-206) and index.
ISBN:9781909254770
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