Linguistics & Semiotics, American & Canadian Literature, Genres & Literary Forms
Wise economies
Kirk Curnutt
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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressThe author departs from traditional genre criticism, presenting a central argument that can be read two ways: from a rhetorical perspective, in which each part examines the interpretive work that a specific narrative device demands within a set of exemplary texts; and from a historical perspective, in which each part emphasizes the contextual function of these devices by examining the stories as expressions of the four most prominent narrative styles that developed between the early nineteenth century and the 1980s--romanticism, realism, modernism, and minimalism.
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The author departs from traditional genre criticism, presenting a central argument that can be read two ways: from a rhetorical perspective, in which each part examines the interpretive work that a specific narrative device demands within a set of exemplary texts; and from a historical perspective, in which each part emphasizes the contextual function of these devices by examining the stories as expressions of the four most prominent narrative styles that developed between the early nineteenth century and the 1980s<-->romanticism, realism, modernism, and minimalism. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1997
Publisher
Moscow : University of Idaho Press, c1997.
Pages
315
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780893012021