History, literature, religion, myth, film, psychology, theory, and daily conversation all rely heavily on narrative. Cutting across many disciplines, narratology describes and analyzes the language of narrative with its regularly recurring patterns, deeply established conventions for transmission, and interpretive codes, whether in novels, ...
Over the course of the past forty years, Gerard Genette's work has profoundly influenced scholars of narratology, poetics, aesthetics, and literary and cultural criticism, and he continues to be one of France's most influential theorists. The eighteen pieces in "Essays in Aesthetics" are of international interest because they are concerned either ...
Do words - their sounds and shapes, their lengths and patterns - imitate the world? Mimology says they do. First argued in Plato's "Cratylus" more than two thousand years ago, mimology has left an important mark in virtually every major art and artistic theory thereafter. Fascinating and many-faceted, mimology is the basis of language sciences and ...
A major figure in twentieth-century letters, Albert Cohen (1895-1981) left a paradoxical legacy. His heavily autobiographical, strikingly literary, and polyphonic novels (among them, 1968's Belle du Seigneur) and lyrical essays are widely read by a devout public in France, yet have been largely ignored by academia. A self-consciously Jewish writer ...
Charles Baudelaire is usually read as a paradigmatically modern poet, whose work ushered in a new era of French literature. But the common emphasis on his use of new forms and styles overlooks the complex role of the past in his work. In Grotesque Figures, Virginia E. Swain explores how the specter of the eighteenth century made itself felt in ...
Arguably the single most influential literary work of the European Middle Ages, the "Roman de la Rose" of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun has traditionally posed a number of difficulties to modern critics, who have viewed its many interruptions and philosophical discussions as signs of a lack of formal organization and a characteristically ...
'"Narrative as Theme" is a brilliant critical performance, admirably lucid and rich in substance' - Ross Chambers, University of Michigan. 'The questions raised by Prince's book are at the heart of contemorary critical thought: what do narratives tell the reader about the ways they construct themselves as stories about a certain 'reality'? What do ...
Alex Boden did everything Rivonia Technology asked him to do. He streamlined his staff; he increased sales. He was a company man. His clients remained loyal and appreciated Alex's honesty and devotion. But there was a buyout, and Alex's job may be in jeopardy. "The 'Ah Ha's" of Effective Relationships" follows Alex through a journey of self ...
Description: Good. 8vo. Cloth Hardcover, 1968. The usual ex-library treatments are present. 147 pages. Text is in French. Bound in red cloth, light wear. Binding is strong, and pages are intact with pencil underlining throughout. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Join the more than 2.8 million customers who have supported global literacy with their book purchases. read more
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Rowell, Charles, Editor (Paule Marshall, Gerald Barrax, Cyrus Cassells, Sybil Dunbar, Robin Mack, Christopher Prince, Sharyn...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Kentucky
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very Good Minus. Periodical. 5.5" x 8.5" 154 pp. Circulation: 550, 3/yr. Subtitled: A Black South Journal of Arts and Letters. Vol. 6 No. 2. Light edge and corner wear. Covers with light surface wear. Pages 27 and 30 with turned-down corners. Upper left corner of back cover creased. read more
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Ave Jeanne, And Ron Zettlemoyer, Editors (Ravi Menon, Christopher S. Prince, Rick Taylor, Peter Conners, Arlene Ang, Gerald R...
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Grossvogel, David I. (Ed. ); Prince, Gerald; Runyon, Randolph; Chumbley, Robert; Wing, Nathaniel; Lewis, Phililp E.; Kristeva...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University
Date Published: 1974
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled booklet-style binding is tight. Pages clean but age-darkened. Wraps have general light shelf wear, edge rubbing.; Contents: Prince, "Narrative Signs and Tangents"; Runyon, "The Errors of Desire"; Chumbley, "On Model Building on Model Building on Model Building"; Wing, "Semiotics of fPoetry: The Meaning of Form"; Lewis, "Revolutionary Semiotics"; Kristeva, "Phonetics, Phonology and Impulsional Bases"; interview with Félix Guattari; Sandro, "Signification ... read more
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Grossvogel, David I. (Ed. ); Jacobs, Carol; Carroll, David; Hassan, Ihab; L Prince, Gerald; Miller, H. Hillis; Ungar, Steven;...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University
Date Published: 1975
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled booklet-style binding is tight. Pages clean but age-darkened. Wraps have general light shelf wear, edge rubbing, light foxing.; Contents: Jacobs, "I, the Juggler"; Carroll, "Mimesis Reconsidered"; Hassan, "Abstractions"; Prince, "Practical Poetics"; Miller, "Deconstructing the Deconstructors"; Ungar, "Waiting for Blanchot"; Mazzotta, "Poetics of History"; Grossvogel, "Reappropriating the Political Film"; Arrabal, interview and response.; 11.0" tall; 60 ... read more
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