238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, which was first published in 1983, Frank Kermode looks in particular at the revived Russian Formalism, a highly original body of literary theory that flourished in the years immediately following the Revolution, and at the work of Roman Jakobson, one of its most distinguished exponents. He discusses its modern ‘structuralist’ descendants, recalling the importance of Roland Barthes... Read more
Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. The English Novel, circa 1907 2. Local and Provincial Restrictions 3. The Use of the Codes 4. Recognition and Deception 5. On Reading Novels 6. Secrets and Narrative Sequence 7. Can We Say Absolutely Anything We Like? 8. Institutional Control of Interpretation 9. Instances of Interpretation: Death and Survival; Appendix: The Single Correct Interpretation; Index
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Kermode, Sir Frank
