The Narratology of Observation Studies in a Technique of European Literary Realism |
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| Author:
| Wagner, Martin |
| Series title: | Paradigms Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-059359-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2018 |
| Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $119.99USD $140.00USD $125.99 |
Book Description:
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How does literature evoke reality? This book takes cues from the history of scientific observation to provide a new approach to this longstanding question of literary studies. It reconstructs a narrative technique of 'literary' observation in which reality appears by mimicking processes of visual perception, and it traces the functioning of this technique through a wide range of European fiction from the early 18th to the late 19th centuries.
How does literature evoke reality? This book takes cues from the history of scientific observation to provide a new approach to this longstanding question of literary studies. It reconstructs a narrative technique of 'literary' observation in which reality appears by mimicking processes of visual perception, and it traces the functioning of this technique through a wide range of European fiction from the early 18th to the late 19th centuries.