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Genre and extravagance in the novel : lower frequencies / Jed Rasula.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rasula, Jed, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Experimental fiction--History and criticism.
- Experimental fiction.
- Literary form.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Examines the form of the novel, capaciously defined and across its history, exploring the interplay of conformity and experimentation in classic and outlier examples of the genre, with a focus on Joseph Conrad, Henry James, and Virginia Woolf.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Figures
- Epigraph
- 1. Genre and Extravagance
- 2. When the Exception Is the Rule
- 3. Textual Indigence in the Archive
- 4. Fairy Tale Epic
- 5. Vessels of Consciousness
- Portrait of the Artist as a Lady
- Impressionist Vessels
- 6. Armed with Madness
- Possible Minds
- Lower Frequencies
- The Dark Wedge of the Domestic
- Seasickness on Dry Land
- 7. Ruminant Curiosity
- 8. Nietzsche in the Nursery
- The Great Eureka
- Naïve Classics
- Delinquent Texts
- Surrogate Parents
- Coda: "IS THIS A NOVEL?"
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 0-19-192420-2
- 0-19-265247-8
- OCLC:
- 1259592483
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