{"product_id":"extravagant-narratives-closure-and-dynamics-in-the-epistolary-form-9780691605029","title":"Extravagant Narratives  Closure and Dynamics in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging the view of epistolary narrative as a faulty precursor to the nineteenth-century realist novel, Elizabeth MacArthur argues that the openness and flexibility that characterize correspondences, both real and fictional, reflect the preoccupations of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Her readings of the Lettres portugaises, Mme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"MacArthur's study is an exemplary one and must bea read by anyone interested in the genre. It should also be read, particularly by modern critics.\"--Studies on the Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE. The Genesis of Epistolary Narrative in the Seventeenth Century, pg. 36*CHAPTER TWO. Plotting a Metonymical Life Story: The Correspondence of Madame du Deffand and Horace Walpole, pg. 117*CHAPTER THREE. The Open Dynamic of Narrative: Metaphor and Metonymy in Rousseau's Julie, pg. 186*Closing, pg. 271*Bibliography, pg. 277*Index, pg. 291","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403943747927,"sku":"9780691605029","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691605029.jpg?v=1730484958","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/extravagant-narratives-closure-and-dynamics-in-the-epistolary-form-9780691605029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}