Empty revelations [[electronic resource] ] : an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward fiction / / Peter Alward
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| Autore: |
Alward Peter Wallace <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Empty revelations [[electronic resource] ] : an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward fiction / / Peter Alward
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 808.301/41 |
| Soggetto topico: | Discourse analysis, Narrative |
| Discourse analysis, Literary | |
| Fiction - Technique | |
| Fiction - History and criticism | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part one : Two Authors and Readers - Negative --1 Compositional Speech Acts -- 2 Reader Engagement -- Part Two : Authors and Readers - Positive -- 3 Word-Sculpture -- 4 Narrative Informants - Part Three : Fictional Names and Fictional Talk -- 5 Empty Revelations -- 6 Fictional Discourse - Conclusion. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | What mysteries lie at the heart of fiction's power to enchant and engage the mind? Empty Revelations considers a number of philosophical problems that fiction raises, including the primary issue of how we can think and talk about things that do not exist. Peter Alward covers thought-provoking terrain, exploring fictional truth, the experience of being "caught up" in a story, and the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. At the centre of Alward's argument is a figure known as the "narrative informant" who mediates the reader's encounter with fictional events through - sometimes unreliable - reporting. Developing a theory in which the author is a sculptor who constructs works of fiction out of words, Alward demonstrates that much of the confusion about fiction stems from a failure to properly distinguish between writing fiction and telling stories. Combining clarity, philosophical sophistication, ingenuity, and originality, Empty Revelations is a rewarding read for both scholars of philosophy and anyone interested in the complex ways that fiction works. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Empty revelations |
| ISBN: | 0-7735-4038-5 |
| 1-283-62086-3 | |
| 9786613933317 | |
| 0-7735-8721-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788535603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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