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"If her Readings at the Edge of Literature did not reveal Jehlen as a formidable critic, this study of five novels should. The book defies easy categorization as it probes and interrogates reality and its truths."--Choice "Five Fictions in Search of Truth is wise to attend to writers' confrontations with reality, since such moments, once give a form as style, afford readers an unequaled perspective on truths that never quite seem to be overcome by prevailing skepticism and disbelief."--Larry T. Shillock, Bloomsbury Review

Table of Contents
PROLOGUE: A Real Madeleine Is a Work of Art 1 CHAPTER ONE: Salammbo: Three Rough Stones beneath a Rainy Sky 13 CHAPTER TWO: The Sacred Fount: The Case of the Man Who Suddenly Grew Smart 47 CHAPTER THREE: The Ambassadors: What He Saw Was Exactly the Right Thing 71 CHAPTER FOUR: Lolita: A Beautiful, Banal, Eden-Red Apple 103 CHAPTER FIVE: A Simple Heart: Felicite and the Holy Parrot 133 Acknowledgments 145 Notes 147 Index 167

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/07/2016
      ISBN13: 9780691171234, 978-0691171234
      ISBN10: 0691171238
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      Literary studies: general Philosophy: aesthetics

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      Book Synopsis


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      "If her Readings at the Edge of Literature did not reveal Jehlen as a formidable critic, this study of five novels should. The book defies easy categorization as it probes and interrogates reality and its truths."--Choice "Five Fictions in Search of Truth is wise to attend to writers' confrontations with reality, since such moments, once give a form as style, afford readers an unequaled perspective on truths that never quite seem to be overcome by prevailing skepticism and disbelief."--Larry T. Shillock, Bloomsbury Review

      Table of Contents
      PROLOGUE: A Real Madeleine Is a Work of Art 1 CHAPTER ONE: Salammbo: Three Rough Stones beneath a Rainy Sky 13 CHAPTER TWO: The Sacred Fount: The Case of the Man Who Suddenly Grew Smart 47 CHAPTER THREE: The Ambassadors: What He Saw Was Exactly the Right Thing 71 CHAPTER FOUR: Lolita: A Beautiful, Banal, Eden-Red Apple 103 CHAPTER FIVE: A Simple Heart: Felicite and the Holy Parrot 133 Acknowledgments 145 Notes 147 Index 167

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