1st Edition
The Fantastic in France and Russia in the 19th Century In Pursuit of Hesitation
By Claire Whitehead
Copyright 2006
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book attempts to reveal how the fantastic operates and how it produces its effects, and analyses the devices and techniques used by the fantastic in order to produce hesitation in the mind of the reader. It proceeds through an analysis of one French and one Russian work.
Introduction 1. Reliability and Shifting Perspectives: Hesitation in Heterodiegesis 2. Personality and Multiple Voice: Hesitation in Homodiegesis 3. Madness and Narrative Disintegration: Hesitation and Coherence 4. Narrative Play and Generic Disruption: Hesitation and Self-Consciousness 5. Conclusion
Biography
Claire Whitehead
