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In Mannerist Fiction, William Donoghue re-conceptualizes the history of formalism in western literature.

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‘Donoghue takes his readers on a vast tour that is sure to expose them to things they have never before contemplated in light of "mannerist" invention.’ -- Jesse Wolfe * Kritikon Litterarum vol 44:1-2:2017 *

Table of Contents
Introduction Part 1 - Big People and Little People: Two Cases of Disproportion Chapter 1 - Rabelais and Mannerism Chapter 2 - Swift and Commensuratio Part 2 - Pathologies of Deformation: Jonson, Sade, Pynchon Chapter 3 - Narcissism: Jonson and the Disfigured Self Chapter 4 - Sade and the Deformed Body Chapter 5 - Hysteria: Pynchon's Cartoon Space Part 3 - Back to the Future: From Picasso to Aristotle Chapter 6 - Modernism and Mannerism Chapter 7 - Space and Time for the Ancients Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/04/2014
      ISBN13: 9781442648012, 978-1442648012
      ISBN10: 1442648015
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Mannerist Fiction, William Donoghue re-conceptualizes the history of formalism in western literature.

      Trade Review
      ‘Donoghue takes his readers on a vast tour that is sure to expose them to things they have never before contemplated in light of "mannerist" invention.’ -- Jesse Wolfe * Kritikon Litterarum vol 44:1-2:2017 *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Part 1 - Big People and Little People: Two Cases of Disproportion Chapter 1 - Rabelais and Mannerism Chapter 2 - Swift and Commensuratio Part 2 - Pathologies of Deformation: Jonson, Sade, Pynchon Chapter 3 - Narcissism: Jonson and the Disfigured Self Chapter 4 - Sade and the Deformed Body Chapter 5 - Hysteria: Pynchon's Cartoon Space Part 3 - Back to the Future: From Picasso to Aristotle Chapter 6 - Modernism and Mannerism Chapter 7 - Space and Time for the Ancients Notes Bibliography Index

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