Story and situation : narrative seduction and the power of fiction / Ross Chambers ; foreword by Wlad Godzich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Ross.

Series:

Theory and history of literature ; v. 12.

Theory and history of literature ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Fiction--Technique.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studies the relation between teller and listener in a set of French, English, and American short stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter One: Story and Situation; Chapter Two: Self-Situation and Readability; Chapter Three: Narratorial Authority and ""The Purloined Letter""; Chapter Four: Seduction Denied: ""Sarrasine"" and the Impact of Art; Chapter Five: Seduction Renounced: ""Sylvie"" as Narrative Act; Chapter Six: An Invitation to Love: Simplicity of Heart and Textual Duplicity in ""Un Cœur Simple""; Chapter Seven: Not for the Vulgar? The Question of Readership in ""The Figure in the Carpet""; Chapter Eight: Gabriel Conroy Sings for His Supper, or Love Refused (""The Dead"")

Chapter Nine: Authority and Seduction: The Power of Fiction Appendix A: Saki, ""The Open Window""; Appendix B: Marcel Schwob, ""Les Sans-Gueule""; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8204-6

OCLC:

476092872