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Dramatizing time in twentieth-century fiction /

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1138015717 (hardback)

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9781138015715 (hardback)

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9781315794150 (ebook)

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Dramatizing time in twentieth-century fiction /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

William Vesterman

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 192 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ;

Volume Designation

34

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

"How have twentieth-century writers used techniques in fiction to communicate the human experience of time? Dramatizing Time in Twentieth Century Fiction explores this question by analyzing major narratives of the last century that demonstrate how time becomes variously manifested to reflect and illuminate its operation in our lives. Offering close readings of both modernist and non-modernist writers such as Wodehouse, Stein, Lewis, Joyce, Hemingway, Faulkner, Borges, and Nabokov, the author shares and unifies the belief, as set forth by the distinguished philosopher Paul Ricoeur, that narratives rather than philosophy best help us understand time. They create and communicate its meanings through dramatizations in language and the reconfiguration of temporal experience. This book explores the various responses of artistic imaginations to the mysteries of time and the needs of temporal organization in modern fiction. It is therefore an important reference for anyone with an interest in twentieth-century literature and the philosophy of time. "--

American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism

English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism

Time in literature

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Vesterman, William,1942-

Date of Transaction

20140902113040.0

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