Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method

Genette, Gerard

ISBN 10: 0801410991 / ISBN 13: 9780801410994

Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1979

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Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.

Gerard Genette, a critic of international stature, here builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an analysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly Remembrance of Things Past. Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author identifies and names the basic constituents and techniques of narrative and illustrates them by referring to literary works in many languages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method
• Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801410991
• ISBN 13: 9780801410994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 5.5W x 8.5H x 1.06D inches 5.5 inches width by 8.5 inches height by 1.06 inches depth
• Weight: 1.1 pounds

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Synopsis

Text: English, French (translation)

About the Author

Gérard Genette is the author of many books, including four published in translation by Cornell. Sylvie Courtine-Denamy is a French philosopher and author of Hannah Arendt. G. M. Goshgarian is the translator of several books from Cornell, including The Jew and the Other and Three Women in Dark Times: Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil.