Motives for Fiction |
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| Author:
| Alter, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-58762-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1984 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $77.00 |
Book Description:
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"For many serious readers," Robert Alter writes in his preface, "the novel still matters, and I have tried here to suggest some reasons why that should be so." In his wide-ranging discussion, Alter examines the imitation of reality in fiction to find out why mimesis has become problematic yet continues to engage us deeply as readers.
"For many serious readers," Robert Alter writes in his preface, "the novel still matters, and I have tried here to suggest some reasons why that should be so." In his wide-ranging discussion, Alter examines the imitation of reality in fiction to find out why mimesis has become problematic yet continues to engage us deeply as readers.