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Palimpsests : literature in the second degree / Gérard Genette ; translated by Channa Newman & Claude Doubinsky ; foreword by Gerald Prince.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Genette, Gérard, 1930-2018.
- Series:
- Stages (Series) ; v. 8.
- Stages ; v. 8
- Standardized Title:
- Palimpsestes. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Imitation in literature.
- Parody.
- Sequels (Literature).
- Literature--Adaptations.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- A palimpsest is "a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible". Originally published in France in 1982, Gerard Genette's PALIMPSESTS examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts on the same document.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-471) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0803221681
- 0803270291
- OCLC:
- 36001432
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