| Mind of the Novel: Reflexive Fiction and the Ineffable Contributor(s): Kawin, Bruce F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564784622 ISBN-13: 9781564784629 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 809.393 |
| LCCN: 2006017028 |
| Series: Dalkey Archive Scholarly |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (1.20 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Moby-Dick to The Unnamable, from A Tale of a Tub to The Book of Questions, Bruce Kawin explores the nature of self-conscious fiction and compares its structure to that of human consciousness. Focusing on texts that confront their own limits by trying to name the unnamable, the ineffable self, Kawin draws on methods from literary criticism to systems theory to explain a variety of first-person works that "dance around the ungraspable subject." |