Reading Words into Worlds asks: how can reading a novel make us feel as if we are living in a world? The book argues that novels can give themselves to a reader in ways that mimetically resemble the givenness of beings in extra-textual reality. This theory is then grounded in close readings of four...

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1. Verfasser:	McReynolds, J. Clayton ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Taylor & Francis Group 2024
Ausgabe:	1st ed.
Schriftenreihe:	Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory Series
Schlagworte:	Phänomenologie Erzähltechnik Lektüre Englisch Mimesis Roman
Online-Zugang:	DE-384
Zusammenfassung:	Reading Words into Worlds asks: how can reading a novel make us feel as if we are living in a world? The book argues that novels can give themselves to a reader in ways that mimetically resemble the givenness of beings in extra-textual reality. This theory is then grounded in close readings of four British realist novels. Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Ontological Origin of the Novel -- 2. The Visible Hand of Daniel Defoe: The Phenomenological Mimesis of God-Givenness in Robinson Crusoe -- 3. Reading Austen's Reality: The Phenomenological Mimesis of Authorial-Givenness in Northanger Abbey -- 4. Being-As Bulstrode: The Phenomenological Mimesis of Self-Givenness in Middlemarch -- 5. Hardy's Anthropomorphous Forces: The Phenomenological Mimesis of Cruel Givenness in Jude the Obscure -- Conclusion: The Fruits of Phenomenological Mimesis -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN:	9781040087008