LEADER 04333nam 2200529Ia 450 001 9910139040803321 005 20230803020417.0 010 $a1-118-51287-1 010 $a1-299-44892-5 010 $a1-118-51288-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018500 035 $a(EBL)1161537 035 $a(OCoLC)824610063 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1161537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1161537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10689204 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL476142 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018500 100 $a20130116d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 200 10$aReading the American novel 1920-2010$b[electronic resource] /$fJames Phelan 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (463 p.) 225 1 $aReading the Novel 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-631-23067-X 327 $aEthics of the Telling and Ethics of the Told Off-Kilter, Unreliable, and Deficient Narration: A Rhetorical Model; Respect, Disrespect, and Over-respect; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: The Age of Innocence (1920): Bildung and the Ethics of Desire; Material and Treatment; The Beginning: Initiation and Launch; Scenes from the Voyage: Newland and May; Newland and Ellen; The Two-stage Arrival: Configuring Wharton's Fierce Realism; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: The Great Gatsby (1925): Character Narration, Temporal Order, and Tragedy 327 $aNick as Narrator: Initiation and Launch Nick as Narrator: The Interaction; Nick as Character: Fabula, Sjuzhet, and Progression (Especially in the Voyage); Gatsby: Voyage and Arrival; Talking Back; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4: A Farewell to Arms (1929): Bildung, Tragedy, and the Rhetoric of Voice; Initiation and Launch I: Or, the Concept of Voice and the Voice of Frederic Henry; Launch II: Frederic and Catherine; Voice in the Voyage; Final Stages of the Voyage, Arrival, and Farewell; Catherine Barkley; Hemingway's View of the World; Notes; References; Further Reading 327 $aChapter 5: The Sound and the Fury (1929): Portrait Narrative as Tragedy Benjy: Initiation, Launch, Portrait; Quentin: Initiation, Voyage, Portrait; Jason: Initiation, Voyage, Portrait; Dilsey: Initiation, Arrival, Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937): Bildung and the Rhetoric and Politics of Voice; Initiation, Phase One: The Narrator's Voice; Initiation, Phase Two: Dialogue; The Launch; The Voyage; The Trial Scene; Arrival and Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading 327 $aChapter 7: Invisible Man (1952): Bildung, Politics, and Rhetorical Design Initiation; Launch; Voyage; Arrival, Part One; Arrival, Part Two, and Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Lolita (1955): The Ethics of the Telling and the Ethics of the Told; Initial Questions; Initiation; From Initiation to Interaction; Toward a Plot of Narration; Ethics of the Telling and Ethics of the Told; Arrival and Farewell; Limits of the Transformation and Further Ethical Consequences; Notes; References; Further Reading 327 $aChapter 9: The Crying of Lot 49 (1966): Mimetic Protagonist, Thematic-Synthetic Storyworld 330 $aThis astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers detailed analyses of landmark novels based on a clearly laid out set of tools for analyzing narrative form. Includes a valuable overview of twentieth- and early twenty-first century American literary history Provides analyses of numerous core texts including The Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, The Sound and the Fury, The Crying of Lot 49 and FreedomRelates these individual novels to the broader artistic 410 0$aReading the Novel 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBooks and reading$zUnited States 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBooks and reading 676 $a813/.509 700 $aPhelan$b James$f1951-$0291252 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139040803321 996 $aReading the American novel 1920-2010$92232124 997 $aUNINA