An edition of Living to tell about it
(2005)
Living to tell about it
a rhetoric and ethics of character narration
by Phelan, James
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In "Living to Tell About it", James Phelan takes up the challenges offered by diverse narratives including Kathryn Harrison's "The Kiss", Ernest Hemingway's "Now I Lay Me", Kazuo Ishiguro's "Remains of the Day" and John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's Story."
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Living to tell about it: a rhetoric and ethics of character narration
2005, Cornell University Press
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0801442974 9780801442971
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Table of Contents
Introduction : disclosure functions, narrator functions, and the distinctiveness of character narration, or, A rhetoric and ethics of "Barbie-Q"
The implied author, unreliability, and ethical positioning : The remains of the day
Unreliable narration, restricted narration, and the implied author in memoir : Angela's ashes and (a glance at) 'Tis
Dual focalization, discourse as story, and ethics : Lolita
Suppressed narration in confessional memoir : The kiss
Progression and audience engagement in lyric narratives : "Now I lay me" and "Doc's story"
Epilogue : serial narration, observer narration, and mask narration
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index
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