The Cruft of Fiction : Mega-Novels and the Science of Paying Attention /

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What is the strange appeal of big books? The mega-novel, a genre of erudite tomes with encyclopedic scope, has attracted wildly varied responses, from fanatical devotion to trenchant criticism. Looking at intimidating mega-novel masterpieces from The Making of Americans to 2666, David Letzler explor...

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Autor principal: Letzler, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Reading, Psychology of.
Fiction > Psychological aspects.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Lecture > Psychologie.
Roman > Aspect psychologique.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Information and Attention in the Mega- Novel; 1. The Dictionary; 2. The Encyclopedia; 3. Life- Writing; 4. The Menippean Satire; 5. Episodic Narrative; 6. The Epic and the Allegory; Conclusion: The Fate of the Mega-Novel; Source Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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