Deceit, desire, and the novel

By René Girard

Subjects: Literatuurtheorie, Fiction, history and criticism, Exemple, Letterkunde, Desire in literature, Example, Romankunst, Roman, Fiction, Wensen, History and criticism, Histoire et critique

Description: Discussion of the thesis that any goal which the protagonist of a novel seeks has been suggested by a mediator and that this "triangular desire" is the form of all great novels.