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The Fiction of Narrative
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Hayden White |
Hayden White is celebrated as one of the great minds in the humanities. Since the publication of his groundbreaking monograph, Metahistory, in 1973, White's work has been crucial to disciplines where… |
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After Poststructuralism
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Colin Davis |
This is a brilliantly argued account of the past and present fortunes of theory. It also maps out a way forward for the humanities in which theory will play a crucial part. |
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Deceit, desire, and the novel
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René Girard |
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. |
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Institution and interpretation
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Weber, Samuel |
"Institution and Interpretation investigates the forces that shape and limit interpretive practices. Whereas the prevailing use of the term institutions tends to reduce their role to that of maintain… |
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Poetics before Plato
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Grace M. Ledbetter |
"Combining literary and philosophical analysis, this study defends an utterly innovative reading of the early history of poetics. It is the first to argue that there is a distinctively Socratic view … |
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