Belonging and Narrative : a Theory of the American Novel /
Bieger, Laura,
Belonging and Narrative : a Theory of the American Novel / Laura Bieger. - 1 online resource - Lettre . - Lettre (Transcript (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Belonging, Narrative, and the Art of the Novel -- 2. Poisoned Letters from a Gothic Frontier -- 3. The Art of Attachment -- 4. Dwelling in What is Found -- 5. Of Cranes and Brains -- Works Cited
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Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human geography and social psychology, Laura Bieger contends that belonging is not a given; it is continuously produced by narrative. Against the current emphasis on metaphors of movement and destabilization, she explores the salience and significance of home. Challenging views of narrative as a mechanism of ideology, she approaches narrative as a practical component of dwelling in the world - and the novel a primary place-making agent.
In English.
9783839446003 3839446007 3837646009 9783837646009
10.14361/9783839446003 doi 9783837646009
9783839446003 transcript Verlag
GBB9C2942 bnb
019192349 Uk
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. Edgar Huntly.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Country of the pointed firs.
Roth, Henry. Call it sleep.
Powers, Richard, 1957- Echo maker.
Call it sleep (Roth, Henry)
Country of the pointed firs (Jewett, Sarah Orne)
Edgar Huntly (Brown, Charles Brockden)
American fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Belonging (Social psychology) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) in literature.
Roman
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS371 / .B54 2018eb
810/820
Belonging and Narrative : a Theory of the American Novel / Laura Bieger. - 1 online resource - Lettre . - Lettre (Transcript (Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Belonging, Narrative, and the Art of the Novel -- 2. Poisoned Letters from a Gothic Frontier -- 3. The Art of Attachment -- 4. Dwelling in What is Found -- 5. Of Cranes and Brains -- Works Cited
Open Access
Why did the novel become so popular in the past three centuries, and how did the American novel contribute to this trend? As a key provider of the narrative frames and formulas needed by modern individuals to give meaning and mooring to their lives. Drawing on phenomenological hermeneutics, human geography and social psychology, Laura Bieger contends that belonging is not a given; it is continuously produced by narrative. Against the current emphasis on metaphors of movement and destabilization, she explores the salience and significance of home. Challenging views of narrative as a mechanism of ideology, she approaches narrative as a practical component of dwelling in the world - and the novel a primary place-making agent.
In English.
9783839446003 3839446007 3837646009 9783837646009
10.14361/9783839446003 doi 9783837646009
9783839446003 transcript Verlag
GBB9C2942 bnb
019192349 Uk
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. Edgar Huntly.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Country of the pointed firs.
Roth, Henry. Call it sleep.
Powers, Richard, 1957- Echo maker.
Call it sleep (Roth, Henry)
Country of the pointed firs (Jewett, Sarah Orne)
Edgar Huntly (Brown, Charles Brockden)
American fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Belonging (Social psychology) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) in literature.
Roman
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS371 / .B54 2018eb
810/820