Gothic stories within stories: frame narratives and realism in the genre, 1790-1900
Auteur :
Tarr, Clayton Carlyle
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9781476667485
Date de publication :
28 avr. 2017
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
299 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Frame narratives-stories within stories-are featured in nearly every canonical Gothic novel. Sometimes dismissed as a shopworn convention of the genre, this book argues that frame narratives in fact function as a dynamic basis for imaginative variation and are vital to evaluating the diverse Gothic tradition.