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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Letzler, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Series:Frontiers of narrative.
Subjects:
Fiction > Psychological aspects.
Reading, Psychology of.
Roman > Aspect psychologique.
Lecture > Psychologie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Fiction > Psychological aspects
Reading, Psychology of
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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