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a rhetoric and ethics of character narration

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An edition of Living to tell about it (2005)

Living to tell about it

a rhetoric and ethics of character narration

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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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Language
English
Pages
236

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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

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index

Published in
Ithaca, N.Y

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS369 .P48 2005, PS369.P48 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 236 p. ;
Number of pages
236

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL18168602M
ISBN 10
0801442974, 0801489288
LCCN
2004007166
OCLC/WorldCat
54913685
LibraryThing
240140
Goodreads
7003847
5676

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2983288W

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