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Fiction, far from being the opposite of truth, is wholly bent on finding it out, and writing novels is a way to know the real world as objectively as possible. In Five Fictions in Search of Truth, Myra Jehlen develops this idea through readings of works by Flaubert, James, and Nabokov. She invokes P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jehlen, Myra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1999
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Roman > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
Fiction
JSTOR-DDA
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
Fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
Multi-User.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Fiction, far from being the opposite of truth, is wholly bent on finding it out, and writing novels is a way to know the real world as objectively as possible. In Five Fictions in Search of Truth, Myra Jehlen develops this idea through readings of works by Flaubert, James, and Nabokov. She invokes Proust's famous search for lost memory as the exemplary literary process, which strives, whatever its materials, for a true knowledge. In Salammbo, Flaubert digs up Carthage; in The Ambassadors, James plumbs the examined life and touches at its limits; while in Lolita, Nabokov traces a search for tru.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400828913
1400828910

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